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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2236984, member: 19463&quot;]The question I&#039;d like to see answered is why they saw the need to add the Consul date to so few while using the ordinary reverses.&nbsp; Perhaps they made just enough to hand out at the ceremony?</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently showed a Probus which was even more ordinary since the robes of the emperor were similar on coins with regular legends.&nbsp; The odd part of the Probus is the abbreviation for Consul being CONS rather than the old standard COS.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]440614[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The interesting part of the OP coin in RIC at R4 is there are 13 obverse variations with this reverse with 11 being R5,&nbsp; one R4 and one R1.&nbsp; Did the mint have a contest to see who could be most creative?&nbsp; The other oddity here is there is no mention of the boy as Caesar (NC, NOBC).&nbsp; How many other coins can you show with a ruler not mentioning a rank?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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