I wanted to share this coin that I won in a
bulk coin lot that cost $3 each (which of course also came with duds). It's an
AE23 at 5.2g.
Unusual Item #1 - The coin Emperor is
Aemilian who ruled for just 3 months in 253AD. According to the
Comparative Rarity Table as published in
ERIC II, this emperor is number 126 (with number 1 being most common). This makes the coin my most
scarce emperor so far.
Unusual Item #2 - Check the very end of the
obverse legend,
IMP C M AEM AEMILLIANO AVG. The engraver
ran out of space. To fit the "o" he parked it higher up to squeeze in the "A" for "
AVG". But then with no more room for the "VG" he parked those letters some distance away under the
bust. We've all seen a lot of "
AVG"s but I've never seen one like this.