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Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 12/30/2012 06:03 am Heres another coin which has finished cleaning and I believe is fully Identifiable. And because no-one replied to the other thread, heres this one again, if anyone knows what it is: Report this Post to the Staff

bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 12/30/2012 07:26 am Quote: And because no-one replied to the other thread, heres this one again, if anyone knows what it is: VICTORIA AVGGG - I think LVGP Mintmark for Lyon Cant really see anything on the obverse legend, you may be abl to in hand. These were made for Valentinian II, Theodosius, Arcadius, Eugenius, Honorius and Constantine III. Id guess it was one of the first three. Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 12/30/2012 11:52 am Thanks Bobby - it is Victoria AVGGG. Ill try and work out the name. Anyone got anyy ideas for the top coin? Report this Post to the Staff
DavidUK Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2624 Posts	Posted 12/30/2012 12:02 pm Maybe I am stating the obvious to guess the top coin is a dupondius, which is why I normally stay quiet on this kind of thread :P Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 12/30/2012 12:26 pm David - You are right, this is a dupondius! And I do believe it is Vespasian, looking at the style of his other dupondii. Worn down and pretty much worthless but my first Vespasian. The letters are in basically the perfect place, looking at other coins, for the legend IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III. The reverse probably will never be Identified. Report this Post to the Staff
DavidUK Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2624 Posts	Posted 12/31/2012 09:37 am I am not so sure about the reverse being unidentifiable... I am browsing dupondii on vcoins at the moment and I see that there are not so many with the figure standing right. From the wide setting of the letters S and C and the clearly defined line of the back of the leg the reverse doesn't seem to match any that I can see at present but I am sure if you do find a reverse that matches those features you can be pretty sure that you found your reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
Bing Pillar of the Community United States 4253 Posts	Posted 12/31/2012 09:41 am This could be a Titus as well. Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 12/31/2012 10:36 am Bing - I looked into it, the position of the letters only matches Vespasian and the bust looks more like Vespasian than Titus. Report this Post to the Staff
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