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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2562049, member: 19463&quot;]My next Baltimore coin brought a friend.&nbsp; Neither is in good condition but I like the style.&nbsp; I paid too much but finding the same coins without faults in my remaining years will require the market to tank completely so I bought them.&nbsp; Both are Vespasian denarii attributed to Ephesus mint.&nbsp; First is the reverse showing two children of Vespasian (LIBERI IMP VESPAS AVG).&nbsp; I liked the obverse portrait style enough to offset the reverse wear and centering.&nbsp; The mintmark is pretty well gone but enough remains to call it the sidewise Phi (or is it just a poor strike of the same one used on the second coin below?).&nbsp; I fail to understand the meanings of the various marks all attributed to this mint.&nbsp; The enlarged area of the mark was shot with overly harsh light in an attempt to emphasize detail.&nbsp; It does more to show micro granularity that does not show on the coin at all.&nbsp; The mark suffers from being a bit too large for the space and funs into the border dots.&nbsp; I need to work on these photos.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]552419[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]552420[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The other is by far the better coin.&nbsp; I would even say it is a nice coin were it not for a couple serious flan cracks.&nbsp; This one has the female head PACI ORB TERR AVG.&nbsp; Under it is a decent strike of the BY ligate mark (or what is the proper name for it???).&nbsp; The enlarged area shot still shows too much granularity but you can see the mark well. You can see that scratch even better. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]552418[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]552421[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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