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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2111035, member: 19463&quot;]Most volumes of RIC made decisions as to what gets a separate number that I might not have made but we have to remember that each volume is a separate work and not really part of a unified set.&nbsp; Volume V including Probus was perhaps the least sensible to my way of thinking.&nbsp; Take for example Martin&#039;s first two coins above which have a mintmark R delta.&nbsp; The coins have a different RIC number because they have a different obverse legend but not because one has a thunderbolt between the letters and the other does not.&nbsp; Similarly, the bust styles would all be included in one number as long as the legends were the same.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sometimes this means three very different coins will share a number.&nbsp; In a few extreme cases (see RIC 200 - a Sol in chariot type) there can be as many as four obverses that were assigned letters in their key and then a couple more minor variations mentioned like whether the the previously undescribed by the letter key bust has a spear or a globe.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It gets worse if you choose to specialize in these.&nbsp; The military busts left with a shield which are contained in one number do not allow for variations in that shield.&nbsp; Notice that of the last two in my last post one has a shield covered with knobs while the other has a small Medusa head in the center.&nbsp; There are several other possible variations in shield design.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Buy RIC, read RIC, enjoy RIC but don&#039;t worship RIC.&nbsp; You are in no way better off knowing the RIC number of you coin.&nbsp; In volume V at least, there are coins that share RIC numbers that differ vastly in rarity, demand and market price.&nbsp; The next revision of RIC V will be a hundred times more complex.&nbsp; There is an online effort at a revision of the first part of vol. V but it is not ready for ink and paper yet.&nbsp; I do not know if anyone is working on the rest of the book.</p><p><a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced" rel="nofollow">http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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