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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3298868, member: 85693&quot;]Actually, I buy misattributed coins all the time off eBay - it is a way to find good stuff cheap.&nbsp; At least it seems like good stuff to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a somewhat scarce (?) Constantius I Chlorus (father of Constantine the Great) as Augustus (he wasn&#039;t Augustus for very long - 305-306 A.D.).&nbsp; It was listed as:&nbsp; &quot;<b>Roman 200-373 AD Bronze AE3/4 RNDM Attributable Roman Coin&quot;</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>It is one of my favorite LRBs - the green deposits (which are rock-hard and apparently stable) add to its appeal (many will disagree, I&#039;m sure):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]873506[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my attribution (corrections always welcome - my LRB skills are iffy):</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Constantius I Chlorus as Augustus</b></p><p><b>(struck by Maximinus Daia) </b></p><p><b>Æ Post-reform radiate</b></p><p><b>(305-306 A.D.) Alexandria</b></p><p>IMP C CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped, cuir. bust rt. / CONCORDIA MILITVM, Constantius r. receiving Victory from Jupiter l., Δ /ALE.</p><p>RIC VI Alexandria 59a.</p><p>(3.68 grams / 20 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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