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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 5226839, member: 19463&quot;]hotwheelsearl makes a good point here.&nbsp; Coin students over the years have invented a standard system of names that serves to separate out the various rulers that used the same names before someone came up with the idea of using numerals.&nbsp; Many people took the name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus in whole or part and expected to be addressed by titles so birth names were not of great importance rather like we have today with the Roman Catholic Pope.&nbsp; Titus Aelius Antoninus and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus were well remembered and most popular names for centuries to follow.&nbsp; It is our job to learn how to tell their coins apart.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You are always welcome to ask help here but sometimes we might provide&nbsp; a reference to a place you can read an overview and understand how it is we came to the ID provided. Separating coins of Caracalla and Elagabalus are a problem to many beginners so I would send you to my page on the matter: </p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/car-elag.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/car-elag.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/car-elag.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>While someone will answer your questions, we might prefer you study provided references and the ask questions to clarify what you learned rather than just posting a series of &#039;what is it&#039; questions every time you get a coin.&nbsp; We are always particularly happy when you get to the point you can help the next wave of new people who ask the same questions that troubled you not long before. </p><p><br /></p><p>We tell people not to buy coins from unknown sources to avoid fakes but you might be surprised how quickly you might discover that you know enough about the coins that you see errors in the ID&#039;s posted by sellers who know less than you do. That does not mean you should start buying &#039;rare&#039; coins from unknown sellers because of the danger of fakes but it should help you spot sellers that you might not trust to know what they are doing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>We hope you enjoy the Coin Talk experience.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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