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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 4074646, member: 98035&quot;]Ancients require a lot of patience and sometimes trial-and-error attribution, but we are happy to help!</p><p><br /></p><p>The #1 piece of advice I can give when working with Imperial coins is to learn what each emperor looked like. Augustus, Tiberius, and Caligula all used Idealist portraits that can be hard to tell apart, and this precedent was reintroduced under Diocletian. But all emperors between Claudius and Carinus used photorealistic busts - 95% of the time you don&#039;t even need a legend to identify the emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverses are a bit more difficult, but again there are clear patterns and the figure can usually be identified with some practice. Most important features to look for are cornucopia, patera, branch, baton/scepter, globe, and of course weapons like a bow or spear. You can figure out the attribution as long as you can identify the emperor and what one or two things the reverse deity is holding.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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