Hi,
I've recently inherited a
Roman coin
collection & am a
bit suspicious of one coin among said
collection, namely an As of Emperor
Augustus. I've done some preliminary research and found examples of this same coin here:
http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.431.
Supposedly it was minted in 7 BC under M. Salvius
Otho. You can see '--ius Otho' on my coin but the rest is obscured, same as on the
obverse. It's as though half the coin has been smudged off, which has made me suspicious.
It weighs 8 grams, has
diameter of 27mm, and
die axis of about 6. On the
reverse I think you can only just make out
part of the 'C' of the letters 'SC', though again, it's a little awkward as it's very
poor condition.
Would appreciate it if someone with more expertise than I could offer their two cents. Also, what could have caused the 'smudging'?
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