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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 24716674, member: 87809&quot;]Ugliest? well, I really don&#039;t think that most of the coins shown in this thread are ugly<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I have lots of really ugly coins but my ugliest is this Augustus, but even being so ugly I do like it, just because it is Augustus and I haven&#039;t got a better one of this moneyer. </p><p>Attribution is based on the few remaining letters and the shape of the letter “S” on the reverse, but maybe attributing it to Sanquinius is wishful thinking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine is the ugliest of any possible ugly coin shown here<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It should be a dupondius, very worn and corroded:</p><p><br /></p><p>Rome, 17 BC Marcus Sanquinius (?) moneyer</p><p>22 x 24 mm, 7.245 g</p><p>RIC I (2nd edition) 342; Cohen 521</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: AVGVSTVS (TRIBVNIC POTEST) in three lines within wreath</p><p>Rev.: (M SAN)QV(INIVS Q F IIIVIR A A A F F) around large S•C</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580461[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1580462[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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