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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2397765, member: 19463&quot;]My last two coins from the recent group were individual lots rather than part of the bulk lot but both still have faults that kept them from selling over my head.&nbsp; First is M. Nonius Sufenas 59 BC with head of Saturn and Victory crowning Roma. The obverse has some serious scratches but the reverse has the whole legend including the PR L V P F (Praetor ludos victoriae primus fecit) in honor of the moneyer&#039;s father who originated a series o games honoring a Sullan victory.&nbsp; The part I find odd is that the father Sextus is named on the reverse rather than moneyer Marcus.&nbsp; I would like to hear what Harlan has to say about the coin but it is covered in his 63-49 BC book which I lack. [ATTACH=full]493434[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally is a reasonable example of a type I fell in love with when Bing posted his specimen.&nbsp; This one has some extra metal on the noses on the obverse (die rust???) but is decent on the reverse where it counts.&nbsp; While jugate heads of the Dioscuri are nice to have, the galley on the reverse is shown at a 3/4 perspective angle so you can see the oars on the back side of the boat.&nbsp; Few ancient coins show perspective well drawn.&nbsp; This is another of those types with many variations of field letters and devices.&nbsp; Mine has an F.&nbsp; I&#039;ll be buying another as long as the style is at least as good as this and the minor details are different. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]493433[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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