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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7666801, member: 19463&quot;]Are you sure the coins were not priced down because of the rumor that Numerian stinks? </p><p>Many coins of this period appear on wide spread, thin flans that make for flat spots even on &#039;as struck&#039; coins.&nbsp; Note the texture in the reverse void that was from the cast blank flan and never touched by the die.&nbsp; It backs up to the head with similar unerased texture around the ear and crown.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1317552[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>To get as much detail as possible on the thin flan, this one must have been struck with great force spreading it into the &#039;boardwalk flan&#039; zone.&nbsp; You can see the wreath held by Victory but the flat spot erased the figure except for that wreath.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1317550[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I see nothing at all like Aurelian here but every mint seemed to have their own idea as to the appearance of either.&nbsp; If I were forced to see Aurelian in my Numerians, it might be in this first one.&nbsp; Note also that this thicker flan allowed metal to fill in Victory.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1317553[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1317551[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1317555[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1317556[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>If you research past postings on CT, you may find a discussion on the lack of &#039;proper&#039; use of the AVGGG &#039;3G&#039; rule.&nbsp; It seems that Numerian was awarded a G on the reverse of coins while he was NOBC on the obverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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