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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8269671, member: 19463&quot;]Like the coin shown by Jay GT4, my tetradrachm has the date LA on the obverse.&nbsp; It also has reverse legend naming EIPHNH.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is there a theory on which came first?&nbsp; Were these issued before Vespasian was recognized in Rome?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1459379[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a particular fondness for early coins that show a portrait that resembles the predecessor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vitellius with features of Otho:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1459388[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan looking like Nerva:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1459387[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus resembling Didius Julianus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1459390[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This one is unofficial (fourree core) but suggests the cutter was more familiar with Septimius than with Clodius Albinus.&nbsp; The reverse is left over from Commodus.&nbsp; It must be hard on counterfeiters when rulers change so often!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1459392[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Firsts, lasts and oddballs are some things considered collectable by those of us who appreciate coins for something other than their grading letters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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