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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 3199311, member: 87809"]Apologies for taking so long - the easy part was getting it from the safe deposit box. The hard part was making pictures. </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is very dark, so tried with natural light during the mornings on many days. Some days it was raining, couldn't take pictures.... The reverse is quite worn and I used some software effects trying to show the lettering, that is why I am posting more than one picture of the reverse. The first and second pictures are without sw effects. Maybe the admin can delete at some point the ones with sw effects.</p><p><br /></p><p>27 mm, 12.61 g; Rome,80-81 AD</p><p>Reference: RIC II Titus 446;Sear 2580; Cohen 557; </p><p>Obverse: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER radiate head left, star above</p><p>Reverse: IMP T VESP AVG REST Victory, draped, advancing left, carrying in right hand shield inscribed S P Q R; S-C across fields.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]827539[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]827546[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]827547[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]827548[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 3199311, member: 87809"]Apologies for taking so long - the easy part was getting it from the safe deposit box. The hard part was making pictures. The coin is very dark, so tried with natural light during the mornings on many days. Some days it was raining, couldn't take pictures.... The reverse is quite worn and I used some software effects trying to show the lettering, that is why I am posting more than one picture of the reverse. The first and second pictures are without sw effects. Maybe the admin can delete at some point the ones with sw effects. 27 mm, 12.61 g; Rome,80-81 AD Reference: RIC II Titus 446;Sear 2580; Cohen 557; Obverse: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER radiate head left, star above Reverse: IMP T VESP AVG REST Victory, draped, advancing left, carrying in right hand shield inscribed S P Q R; S-C across fields. [ATTACH=full]827539[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]827546[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]827547[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]827548[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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