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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 3707448, member: 14873&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman">In a moment of weakness I recently purchased the following coin despite announcing that my purchasing days were over ……………</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="https://jp29.org/000augrestx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>AUGUSTUS AS, TITUS RESTORATION ISSUE, 80-81 AD</i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>(27mm, 10.71 gm)</i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><i>BMCRE Volume II, Rome, Titus No. 275 (pl. 54.5)</i></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">RIC Volume II, Part 1 (second edition), Titus, No. 462</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Obverse depiction: Augustus, radiate head facing left</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER</b></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Reverse depiction: Eagle with wings spread standing on Globe</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Inscription: <b>IMP T CAES AVG RESTITVIT - S C</b> (above, left and right)</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">………………… I like Titus Restoration coins and this is a nice one. The inscriptions are clear and complete and the overall condition is&nbsp; what I like. Of course, purchasing this coin means I had to bump one of&nbsp; the “Twenty” off my list - but that is another story that I will rationalize somehow. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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