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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Harry G, post: 7854725, member: 105282&quot;]Hi all!</p><p><br /></p><p>I know the current Savoca auction isn&#039;t over yet, but I just wanted to share a pair of coins I won.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353270[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353271[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;re both antoniniani of Claudius II, SOL AVG reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>While the reverses of the coins are different, the obverses are identical. I&#039;ve made a confusing diagram</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353272[/ATTACH] </p><p>Both of the first &quot;A&quot;s of CLAVDIVS are higher than the rest of the legend, with the &quot;L&quot;s of CLAVDIVS slightly lower. Both of the &quot;L&quot;s also trace a line to Claudius&#039; eyebrow.</p><p><br /></p><p>The I and V of CLAVDIVS are quite far apart compared to the rest of the legend, and the A of AVG has a little &quot;flick&quot; on the left side of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The style of the busts are also identical.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve tried to make a gif to demonstrate the similarity, although it didn&#039;t turn out particularly well (the coins are in slightly different positions)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353273[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Show me any coins you got in this Savoca auction![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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