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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1159734, member: 19463&quot;]I don&#039;t know.&nbsp; I&#039;m away from my books at the moment but I&#039;m not sure that they would help there.&nbsp;&nbsp; The best reference on these is online by Warren Esty:</p><p><a href="http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/type19.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/type19.html" rel="nofollow">http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/type19.html</a></p><p>but he does not provide guesses as to the meanings of field letters.&nbsp; Victor Failmezger often did in his book which did not extend this late and used Latin letters in the fields.&nbsp; Generally one expected some simple phrase like Felicitas Temporum but we have to remember that these were as much guesses as gospel.&nbsp; The later Roman coins as cataloged in RIC volume IX used a larger array of field letters which may not be understood by anyone let alone entry level students like me.&nbsp; We have our theories but that is not always backed up by hard evidence.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, it is a lovely coin.&nbsp; At under $10, it&#039;s a beaut and exactly the sort of thing I suggest new collectors seek out for their collections.&nbsp; If you outgrow this coin it will be because you believe you are too good for coins worth $10, not because this coin is not worthy of representing its type.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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