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Message:: [QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4040002, member: 87404"]Like Al, my avatar name has nothing hiding. My initial avatar image related to my name, my own namesake, the obverse of this Justin II (with his wife, Sofia) follis. <img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20180828_224057185.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Justin II, Struck 574/575 ADAE Follis, Nikomedia mintObverse: DN IVSTI-NVS PP AVG, Justin II and Sophia seated facing.Reverse: Large M; cross above, A below, ANNO GI/II flanking (RY 9), NIKO below.References: DOC 98a; SB 369Size: 28.6mm 12.77g Since August 2018, I swapped it out with the obverse of this Augustus restoration issue. I bought it and it was covered over with hard, black junk (kind of like tar and hard ash or something like that). So after some elbow grease, the notable Augustus profile shined through with a nice cocoa brown patina and is one of my faves in my collection. <img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20181230_082436517.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Divus Augustus, Died 14 ADAE As, Restoration Issue,Struck under Titus 80-81 AD, Rome MintObverse: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, radiate head left.Reverse: IMP T VESP – AVG REST, Victory alighting left, holding shield inscribed SP/QR, S-C across fields.References: RIC Titus 446[/QUOTE]