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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;frankjg, post: 1870975, member: 17567&quot;]Now I know I have a problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>The wife and I took the day off and went out for breakfast while the kids were in school.&nbsp; Afterwards we decided to go to this little town on the Hudson River that has a bunch of antique shops.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t been there in years and The first place I notice is a coin shop.&nbsp; I had to assure my wife that I didn&#039;t know about it and didn&#039;t have any ulterior motives...&nbsp; She&#039;s a good egg and didn&#039;t care anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>I get to talking to the owner (awesome retired guy with a ton of coins) and tell him I recently got into ancients.&nbsp; Well, he pulls out a good size box with tons of bronze and silver.&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t walk away empty handed, could I?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The guy at the shop didn&#039;t know much about ancients so they were not attributed.&nbsp; I was happy about that since I wanted to do it myself.&nbsp; I think I&#039;ve attributed this one pretty good.&nbsp; Can you guys let me know if I got it right or what I may have missed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I paid $10 for it..did I do good?&nbsp; I know it has a nasty little crack bottom left but it really looks nice in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a53/frankjg2/e63f39e082f528a5552dcab150b1af81.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a53/frankjg2/6c1671312d4b7de044f0400d67389aa7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>AE Follis</p><p>3.7g</p><p>21.5mm</p><p>Siscia Mint</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Licinius laureate head right - IMP LIC LICINIUS PF AUG</p><p>Reverse: Jupiter standing left with scepter.&nbsp; Holding victory with globe.&nbsp; Eagle at feet.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; IOVI CONSERVATORI ( I still need to read up on his history to figure out what this means)</p><p>. SIS .&nbsp; Under exurge</p><p>B in field to the right of Jupiter</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll post my other one a bit later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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