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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1784975, member: 19463&quot;]My favorites are from late in the reign when the emperor was well enough known that TRA DEC would do.&nbsp; There was a time that these were attributed to a different mint but I believe current scholarship returns them to Rome.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]286517[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The reverse of this one also saved on unnecessary lettering: GEN ILLVRICI</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]286518[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My very favorite is this TRA DECIVS that was overstruck on a denarius of Geta doubling the value of the coin in the process.&nbsp;&nbsp; Visitors of my site may have seen the image where I point out details that allow the undertype to be identified. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]286516[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Finally, I no longer own a double sestertius of Decius but I do have this ugly little coin.&nbsp; It is the last appearance of the semis in the Roman series.&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicer ones exist.&nbsp; By this time a semis probably did not buy much so I wonder why it was issued.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]286519[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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