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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4428342, member: 19463&quot;]The coin shows Hercules (rather than Mercury) as indicated by the legend HERC DEVSONIENSI.&nbsp; Your has the E quite clear as opposed to mine lacing most of the legend.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1109298[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I believe most of these were overstruck but most are on flans flattened by hammering befor restriking which erased detail.&nbsp; This one has a clear &#039;shadow&#039; of Antoninus Pius behind Postumus.&nbsp; I wish I could ID the reverse of the undertype.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1109299[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My 1998 page on the subject is not as classy as the DOC plate but has explanatory text as well as images sized with the inclusion of a US cent. Here I post just one.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/denom.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/denom.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/denom.html</a></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/denomimpearly.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Left to Right: Nero sestertius 22.6g c.65 AD; Domitian dupondius 11.9g 85AD; Nero as 11.1g c.65 AD; Domitian semis 4.6g 85 AD; Trajan quadrans 3.5g 98-117 AD[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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