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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 7501386, member: 57495&quot;]Weird and wonderful array, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]!&nbsp; Your new Augustus is interesting, but the crazy flan of that quadrans really takes the cake.&nbsp; Great stuff!&nbsp; I&#039;m often drawn to these &quot;whatever happened here!&quot; oddities too.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a Severus Alexander I sestertius I recently picked up with a big chunk taken off its edge.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296299[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SEVERUS ALEXANDER</b></p><p>AE Sesetertius. 19.21g, 31.2mm. Rome mint, AD 228. RIC IV 476; Cohen 343. O: IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate and draped bust right. R: P M TR P VII COS II P P, Mars (or Virtus), helmeted, in mililtary attire, standing left, foot on prow of ship, holding spear in right hand and parazonium in left hand; S-C in fields.</p><p><i>Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>And as for getting bent out of shape, here&#039;s a favorite of mine...&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296297[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1296298[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><b>SELEUKID KINGDOM, Seleukos I Nikator</b></p><p>AR Tetradrachm. 16.84g, 26.6mm. Uncertain mint 6A (in Babylonia), circa 311-305 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Price 3449; SC 293. O: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. R: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛEΞAN∆POY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; anchor flanked by Δ-I in left field, monogram under throne.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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