Marcus Aurelius Sestertius - Die Match (or am I fooling myself)?

I just got a new sestertius from eBay and while attributing it, I came across what I think might be my first die match...or not. And so, I try my first Coin Talk poll.

It is, from what I can tell, fairly scarce, Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, Fortuna reverse, TRPOT XI, RIC 1338A. I say "scarce" because I had trouble finding online examples (acsearch, Coin Archives, vcoins, etc.). Here is my example:



Here is what I think is an obverse die match (the reverses were not matches - not even close). This is from OCRE, who listed 2 examples for this. The match is British Museum R.13854
http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1338A

British Museum example is on the left, mine is on the right:



I had one other question about this issue - mine has "slight" drapery left and right. This seems to be the case on about half the RIC 1338A examples that I found. The others have a completely bare bust. There is a fully-draped version RIC 1338B - the drapery is very obvious and not "slight." I was just wondering if RIC 1338A was divided further between "no drapery" and "slight"? OCRE doesn't make the distinction - the second example in the link above has no drapery (also British Museum).

So does anybody think I have a die match? Or am I foolin' myself?

 

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With NO credentials to back up my humble opinion, I say no. Posting because I want to read what the experts say.

Steve

 

Could also be two different dies engraved by the same celator. Each selator had a unique style, and different coins from different dies can look so familiar due to being the work of the same celator.

 

lQQks spot on to me...let's see what @TIF can do with her magic on this one...

 

To me too .

 

Couldn't be clearer if one tried. It's a match

 

I'm trying to work this one out...

To, too :: tutu?

 

This is not a matter to take a poll on. Listen to TIF.

This is slight drapery. I personally could care less about slight drapery and the difference between cuirassed and draped and cuirassed but there are people who live for sich matters. I do like full busts vs. heads and things that are easier for me to see.

 

Thank you all so much for your input. This is my first die match ancient (that I know of) and it makes me feel my collection just became a little more "serious."

Special thanks to TIF - I always wanted to own a coin that could pass the electronic TIF Test - this is so gratifying!

Again, thanks to all!

 

hehe...yeah..

 

Cool! I love this sort of thing!

 

I'll yield to TIF.

Steve

 

I prefer to follow Curtis Clay in his description of draped, semi-draped, slight drapery etc: draped = clothing seen all around (sometines cuirrass below drapes) bust can be seen from behind, aside and from front (very occasionally from behind, aside AND front which gives a distorted look)
drapery on far shoulder and sometimes also fold of cloak in neck, as on the coin in question.
I do not think it is necessary to distinguish any further.

Frans

 

That is very helpful. Thanks, Frans.