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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3241172, member: 19463&quot;]The secret of identifying late Roman coins is to start with the reverse and figure out what rulers issued the type.&nbsp; In this case, the number of rulers is small.&nbsp; After you know who issued the coin, <u>stop</u> trying to convince yourself that it could be a great rarity and belong to a ruler not known to have issued the type.&nbsp; In this case the possible choices start with the letters CONST and end with SPFAVG.&nbsp; If you can&#039;t read the letters, count the bumps and see which fits.&nbsp; No, this does not work in every case but it does in this one.&nbsp; Also realize that there are some rulers that are easy to confuse because they so often issued the same types and so often put out small flans that lose important letters (Arcadius and Honorius come to mind).&nbsp; If it were easy, it would not be as much fun. </p><p><br /></p><p>The other half may be realizing that you are better at this than you were last year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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