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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;snewman, post: 2052671, member: 31036&quot;]Guys, that last batch was so fun, I bought a few more coins to learn about today.&nbsp; Obviously, these don&#039;t fit the &quot;save up for something you&#039;ll treasure&quot; category, but I&#039;m enjoying the learning stage.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Was a bit out of my normal area and found a dealer who came across a box of ancients that had been there for a few years - already cherry picked.&nbsp; They were nice to talk to, so I pulled out a nasty lichen-filled coin that was marked Caligula and said &quot;I like him -- he was so insane that he made his horse a Senator&quot; and then balked at the price of $20.&nbsp; Pulled out this coin which was marked Vespasian with a question mark next to it.&nbsp; The head looked like Constantine to me, and in the dim light, I was pretty sure I saw Const in the legend, so snagged it for a much reduced price.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Not the prettiest coin, but it had a legend that was obviously mis-attributed, so I gave it a go.&nbsp; On Wildwinds, I figured out the rest of the text, and decided it was Constantius I - but the only example of it with the IMP C CONS... and the SAC MON..&nbsp; reverse was called RIC VI 120a var.&nbsp; I looked elsewhere and found some that had a wreath or a crescent between the R and the P.&nbsp; This one doesn&#039;t appear to have any such mark.&nbsp; Looks like whomever cleaned the dirt off didn&#039;t complete the job.&nbsp; Perhaps someday when I&#039;m free, I&#039;ll give it a go...&nbsp; Any thoughts on the attribution?&nbsp; The 120a was described as &quot;Rare.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]377273[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The then found a couple of plastic 2x2s with a few coins to look at and I snagged these next two at a nice price as well.&nbsp; One is greek again -- love the eagle.&nbsp; 19mm and Having trouble with the text -- haven&#039;t learned all the different ways the Greek coins start out yet.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]377274[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The ETOVC E on the reverse wasn&#039;t terribly helpful as it appears to be on many coins.&nbsp; On the obverse, I&#039;m sure I&#039;m getting my A&#039;s and Lambda&#039;s and such all mixed up.&nbsp; Any tips on an emperor to search?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Last one is tiny -- 12mm or so, but it had a cross inside a wreath.&nbsp; Looks like it says ROTC under the wreath.&nbsp; The obverse didn&#039;t have much wear on it, but didn&#039;t have the full strike either.&nbsp; I read that Theodosius, Valentinian III, Honorius and Arcadius did some like this, but the writing on the front looks like chicken scratch rather than a usual D N or IMP or the like.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]377275[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts?&nbsp; Had these been nicer coins, is there anything you seen about the surfaces/etc... that I should have been wary to make me avoid them?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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