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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael W. Bradley, post: 8351478, member: 114144&quot;]Finally after long cleaning, soaking, et al and soaked in BTA for three days. My new Augustus was ready. Yea, I broke down and went and got it from &quot;The Cove&quot; but he came from a pedigree supposedly, a revolutionary, 1812 DAR naval officer. </p><p>It suffered, especially on the obverse badly from bronze disease. And in one slight spot starting a patina. I thought my cleaning would bring the portrait out, but alas the damage was done. Nontheless, on the reverse, it could be clearly made out: &quot;RUFUS&quot;. So I immediately lept to the conclusion that IT HAD to be Gaius Valgius Rufus, suffect consul and poet under Augustus, which would have put it @ 12B.C. But the numbers immediately after the name didn&#039;t make sense to me.&nbsp; Was it Augustus as co-consul? Wikipedia has a list of all the known Roman consuls. So before I posted and made a fool of myself, (which I am want to do), especially with all the scholars on this board, I decided to check Wildwinds. I had to look twice but found at least a close type, or it may be damage to the coin itself: &quot;C PLOTINUS RUFUS III VIR AAAFF&quot;; Augustus AE.As, RIC 389, Cohen 564, BMC 153 Sears. Wt: 8.45 g. DI: 27 mm. A recent coin of this type was dated 6 B.C. But under a Wikipedia article:Triumvir Monetalis, &quot;having noticed a significant number of familial connections between moneyers and consuls of the same year&quot;. Assuming that &quot;Rufus&quot; was not like &quot;Smith&quot; or &quot;Jones&quot;, maybe some relationship existed. [I know. I know. My photos stink. But will have to do until I can get a new phone&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1481767[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1481768[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1481769[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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