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Message:: [QUOTE="Collect89, post: 2172238, member: 15445"]You’ve already got those great links to read but here is what those three specific items are: "ASISCVE" are probably the letters designating the mint where the coin originated.  This mint mark data is probably located at the bottom of the coin's reverse.  That area on the reverse below the device is called the exergue. Does your coin have ASISCVE in exergue?  Maybe you couldn't read it before but can now that you know what to look for. "RIC 15b" refers to the series of books Roman Imperial Coins.  When you have an extra copy of the books, please send me a copy. "PV AVG" is just the last part of the obverse legend on your coin.  They put a dash (-) when words are broken up by some design element and place a space ( ) where there is an actual space between words.  Roman legends include many abbreviations (and some misspellings) all the time.  AVG is short for Augustus or something like that.  PV is short for public or for-the-public or something like that. Your coins have all been good examples for newbies (like you & I) because all the legends are readable.  I constantly have trouble reading legends because I don't know Latin & really don't know what letters to expect where the letters are weak or erased by antiquity.[/QUOTE]