I have asked before if it was OK to post ancient coins in this group. Since the response was mostly positive, but mixed in with some reluctance, I thought I might give an example of what it would like. In the picture we can see how the head of an emperor closely resembles the preceeding one. The top three coins are COS II. RIC 9 (3.6g); RIC 12 (3,40g); RIC 22 (3.31g). All have good weights and the RIC 9 is quite possibly overstruck at 3.6g. Below the three Trajans is a Nerva and its very similar to the first issues of Trajan. I think its safe to say that the engravers in this case did not meet the emperor in person, at least not initially.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:05:36 +0000
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