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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2602960, member: 19463&quot;]We have threads for the worst coin we bought in 2016 and for the last coin for 2016 but today&#039;s mail updated my answers for both.&nbsp; I did not know when I ordered this whether it would come this year or be my first coin of 2017.&nbsp; By posting it here, it will not be in the running for my top list for 2017.&nbsp; Unfortunately, it has one minor fault that prevents it from being considered as a best coin but only a couple of you will see through the ugliness to see it as anything close.&nbsp; We once had a thread where we were to tell what we want.&nbsp; I want this coin not nicer but just not barbarous.&nbsp; There is no way the thing is official.&nbsp; If it were, it would be my #1 best find.&nbsp; As it is:</p><p><br /></p><p>Decentius as Augustius, AE3 (18mm, 1.59g) FH3</p><p>[ATTACH=full]568473[/ATTACH] </p><p>DN DECEN&nbsp; TIVS AVGV&nbsp; / FEL TEMP REPARATIO&nbsp; the mintmark is partial ending in S (TRS, AQS???)</p><p><br /></p><p>There are no coins of Decentius as Augustus.&nbsp; I was hoping this might be Magnentius but the unclear bumps read better as DECEN than MAGNEN.&nbsp; The coin is much too small to be the extremely rare Magnentius Falling Horseman and it is not an FH3.&nbsp; Magnentius as Augustus is not abbreviated AVGV and that part is clear.&nbsp; The portrait is certainly barbarous in style.&nbsp; There is no doubt about the coin being unofficial.&nbsp; Being a great rarity does not mean anything when you have to tag it as unofficial.&nbsp; I guess this will be considered a space filler until someone comes up with the real thing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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