Curtis -
Your comment made me laugh out loud - "Can't you read/see..." That was really funny! ;-)
I've been collecting coins - officially - for about 1 month and these are the first
Roman coins I've ever
had that looked like more than just a lump of non-descript metal so actually I couldn't because I don't know what to look for. That being said, now that you point it out, I can see where the
scale is in her right hand and the words QVITA on the edge. That's really cool - thanks! I'm glad I found this site. You guys are great.
I
had looked at a bunch of
Aequitas reverses previously, but hadn't seen that I thought looked right - either the arms were at the wrong angle or the staff wasn't long enough or some combination of both. I guess I assumed there was a limited number of possible combinations (again since I'm a newb on the subject).
So how do the "
provincial" coins
work? Someone made a
cast of old
denarius obverse, slapped a different
reverse on it, made a "contraband" bronze coin and life was
good?
Thanks again - Chris