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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3711822, member: 87404"]Great info, James! I have one with Victory alighting that I saved from underneath some really hard crust (images further below are after about 75% of the cleaning has been done - mostly obverse - and I realized St that point I should document it)... The obverse bust is my favorite, hence it's my avatar. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20181230_082436517.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="3"><b>Divus Augustus, Died 14 AD</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE As, Restoration Issue,</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Struck under Titus 80-81 AD, Rome Mint</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Obverse</b>: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, radiate head left.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Reverse</b>: IMP T VESP – AVG REST, Victory alighting left, holding shield inscribed SP/QR, S-C across fields.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>References</b>: RIC Titus 446</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><i><font size="3">[Images below are prior to more detailed cleaning on reverse. Both obverse and reverse were much crustier to begin with.]</font></i></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20180817_123442388.jpg?w=723" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20180817_124020546.jpg?w=723" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3711822, member: 87404"]Great info, James! I have one with Victory alighting that I saved from underneath some really hard crust (images further below are after about 75% of the cleaning has been done - mostly obverse - and I realized St that point I should document it)... The obverse bust is my favorite, hence it's my avatar. [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20181230_082436517.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=3][B]Divus Augustus, Died 14 AD AE As, Restoration Issue, Struck under Titus 80-81 AD, Rome Mint[/B] [B]Obverse[/B]: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, radiate head left. [B]Reverse[/B]: IMP T VESP – AVG REST, Victory alighting left, holding shield inscribed SP/QR, S-C across fields. [B]References[/B]: RIC Titus 446 [/SIZE] [I][SIZE=3][Images below are prior to more detailed cleaning on reverse. Both obverse and reverse were much crustier to begin with.][/SIZE][/I] [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20180817_123442388.jpg?w=723[/IMG][IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20180817_124020546.jpg?w=723[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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