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<p>[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 3596723, member: 74968"]Nice catch [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of mine that were misattributed. Doing your own research on the coins is both fun and rewarding. I love spending hours going through references...I find it relaxing.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"> The description on Naville claimed the</font> following coin was <font size="4">RIC 222 (R). However, if you look closely you can see that 2 of the horses are looking in the opposite direction. The coin is in fact RIC 224 (R2).</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]962026[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">This time the misattribution concern not a dating combination but the position of 2 captive figures on the reverse. The auction house (Gorny & Mosch) said this coin was RIC 105 which has Man on left Woman on right. On this coin it is Woman on left man on right. That makes this coin RIC 103. In this case it makes little difference with regard to stated rarity, both are (R2).</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]962027[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 3596723, member: 74968"]Nice catch [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] Here are a couple of mine that were misattributed. Doing your own research on the coins is both fun and rewarding. I love spending hours going through references...I find it relaxing. [SIZE=4] The description on Naville claimed the[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE]following coin was[SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=4]RIC 222 (R). However, if you look closely you can see that 2 of the horses are looking in the opposite direction. The coin is in fact RIC 224 (R2). [ATTACH=full]962026[/ATTACH] This time the misattribution concern not a dating combination but the position of 2 captive figures on the reverse. The auction house (Gorny & Mosch) said this coin was RIC 105 which has Man on left Woman on right. On this coin it is Woman on left man on right. That makes this coin RIC 103. In this case it makes little difference with regard to stated rarity, both are (R2). [ATTACH=full]962027[/ATTACH] [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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