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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7878002, member: 19463&quot;]9. Since maridvnvm ventured away from the Easterns we both favor, I&#039;ll join and post a Rome mint bronze.&nbsp; The coin is unusual for my collection in several ways.&nbsp; Most of my sestertii demonstrate my preference for worn coins with smooth surfaces.&nbsp; This has almost no wear but is finely textured or very evenly rough.&nbsp; It has some strange, raised parallel ridges on the reverse right of the figure and others that curve above it continuing down the left side ending under his feet.&nbsp; On the obverse the straight ridges are behind the head and curved right of the face. The coin is well centered and has full legend (although some letters are compromised by the texture, they are still legible).&nbsp; I only bought the coin because it is the scarce Saeculum Frugiferum standing left, SAECVLO FRVGIFERO TRP COS (II?) SC type from 193-4? (RIC 655 or 664?) which I lacked.&nbsp; I believe this reverse was abandoned by Septimius and turned over to Clodius Albinus for whom it is common.&nbsp; Unfortunately I am unsure if the die was dated COSII or COS with some residue from double striking reverse right.&nbsp; The spacing just does not fit.&nbsp; It is a strange piece.&nbsp; I can not help thinking that this coin would be an excellent candidate for tooling turning it into an EF with smooth surfaces and a four digit price tag.&nbsp; Sadly, in the current market, it would be more popular that way. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1358217[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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