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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7671301, member: 19463"]Coins of Tetricus II as AVGustus are rare to the point that, if you think you have one, you are wrong. I see the difficulty of telling barbarous from official as greater than the likelihood that you will find an official Tetricus II Augustus. Since both the Caesar and Augustus wore the radiate crown on the antoniniani lets look at the aurei. There are several known that show the legend IMPP TETRICI PII AVGG with jugate busts of the pair. I find it interesting that Junior has a bare head and Senior is laureate. Are there any aurei of Junior by himself with AVG legend? I read IMPP TETRICI PII AVGG as a generic legend honoring the Imperial pair but would expect both to have the laurel wreath. The coins are the only evidence I recall hearing about that suggests Junior was elevated. Before I 'believe' your T2AVG I need to see a coin with legend ending in AVG that has no beard AND has no signs of tooling or being barbarous. I have seen barbarous and I have seen pictures of coins that were definitely tooled. There may be genuine coins. I certainly have not seen enough material to have an opinion of any value but this is one I will need to be shown. </p><p>My favorite barbarous is this one with reverse Spes right and legend starting at the lover right retrograde. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318068[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7671301, member: 19463"]Coins of Tetricus II as AVGustus are rare to the point that, if you think you have one, you are wrong. I see the difficulty of telling barbarous from official as greater than the likelihood that you will find an official Tetricus II Augustus. Since both the Caesar and Augustus wore the radiate crown on the antoniniani lets look at the aurei. There are several known that show the legend IMPP TETRICI PII AVGG with jugate busts of the pair. I find it interesting that Junior has a bare head and Senior is laureate. Are there any aurei of Junior by himself with AVG legend? I read IMPP TETRICI PII AVGG as a generic legend honoring the Imperial pair but would expect both to have the laurel wreath. The coins are the only evidence I recall hearing about that suggests Junior was elevated. Before I 'believe' your T2AVG I need to see a coin with legend ending in AVG that has no beard AND has no signs of tooling or being barbarous. I have seen barbarous and I have seen pictures of coins that were definitely tooled. There may be genuine coins. I certainly have not seen enough material to have an opinion of any value but this is one I will need to be shown. My favorite barbarous is this one with reverse Spes right and legend starting at the lover right retrograde. [ATTACH=full]1318068[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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