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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2350825, member: 19463&quot;]These were produced for many years during the reign of Augustus.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure a serious student could place them more closely than we usually see.&nbsp; My new one is early with Augustus bare headed and a scrawny croc.&nbsp; The middle ones have Augustus laureate and a larger croc whose snout often runs off the design circle not to mention the flan.&nbsp; The latest ones added PP flanking the portraits.&nbsp; We see some people applying date ranges recognizing these differences but I am not aware of studies that really organize the bunch.&nbsp; This page suggests that the PP version is most popular here but I previously thought the middle type was more common.&nbsp; I have a fondness for the scrawny croc myself.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you are going to collect these, it might be good to get over some preconceived notions about &#039;quality&#039; coins.&nbsp; The middle period coins were often struck on flans that had been filed heavily leaving scratches that do not erase with normal striking.&nbsp; As time passed, the croc grew (as a good reptile should) making it harder to find examples with both ends of the beast on the flan.&nbsp; Those adverse to the cartoonish early style and the oversize later croc may find themselves having to search hard for what they consider a coin good enough for their inflated standards. There are some very nice ones.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the &#039;best&#039; style and the scratched flans tend to come together so you may need to look at a few thousand coins before finding the MS70 you want.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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