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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2155835, member: 19463&quot;]My new favorite (of the two that arrived today anyway) is a type I have been seeking for quite a while.&nbsp; I would expect more people to find this appealing than some of the coins I buy but, in the end, it is just another coin of a very common ruler.&nbsp; I&#039;ll explain below the photo but ask those who are willing to play to see what it is that made me want the type (not this coin).&nbsp; Compared to some specimens online (the French online replacement RIC V-1 site has several) this one is not bad but it has a fault that makes it less desirable to me than it could have been with just a little luck.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]414317[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Claudius II AE antoninianus, first posthumous issue, Milan RIC 264 Altar (nice flames)</p><p><br /></p><p>While the flan fissure would really be more appreciated somewhere else, the obverse reads DIVO CLAVDIO GOTHICO making the coin one of very few that refers to an emperor by his nickname.&nbsp; I&#039;m not even sure how many of you call him Claudius Gothicus anymore.&nbsp; It was much more common in my earlier days in the hobby. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are coins of Elagabalus with ELAGAB on the reverse&nbsp; referring to his god.&nbsp; You will not find coins of Caracalla or Caligula with those words.&nbsp; There are a number of rulers using the names of defeated enemies but modern texts never call, for example, Trajan Dacicus which is good since we also have Trajan Decius.&nbsp; I&#039;m not naming the others I know here since I&#039;mm challenging all to upload photos of your coins that have legends naming the enemy as part of the ruler&#039;s name.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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