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Offline cot b

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Antoninus Pius denar
« on: September 25, 2010, 10:09:14 am »
Strange revers without a legend? Need help!
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Re: Antoninus Pius denar
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2010, 10:21:20 am »

I think yours is an ancient imitation or perhaps just a well-weathered specimen of this one (Annona):

http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=29317
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Re: Antoninus Pius denar
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2010, 06:10:14 am »
Probably a clogged die only. The style looks official to me.

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Re: Antoninus Pius denar
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2010, 06:21:42 am »
The entire reverse legend COS III is visible on the coin, although quite faint to the point if being nearly illegible.
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