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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Claudius_Gothicus, post: 6060275, member: 116315&quot;]I won this coin at auction today, and I think you can all notice that there&#039;s something off about the obverse legend <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I honestly wonder how could someone make such a blatant mistake while engraving a legend - it&#039;s not like it was caused by a lack of space, either, because the missing letter is in the middle of the word! It seems like quality control wasn&#039;t the Antioch mint&#039;s top priority, in that time period.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246107[/ATTACH] </p><p>Claudius II (268-270), Antoninianus, Antioch mint, 4th emission.</p><p>Obverse: IMP C CAVDIVS AVG (sic), radiate head left;</p><p>Reverse: CONS-ER AVG, Serapis standing right, with right hand raised and holding transverse sceptre in left hand, facing Isis standing left, holding sistrum in right hand and bucket in left hand.</p><p>RIC 202, RIC V Online 1080</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I know, this is the second known example of this type with this error - the other, an obverse die match, was in the Gysen collection:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1246108[/ATTACH] </p><p>However, the cool error isn&#039;t the only reason I bought this coin, since it also belongs to Claudius II&#039;s final emission from Antioch, which I collect - this is the fourth of the eight reverses I have obtained, so I&#039;ll post a group photo with the other three when I receive it. I also appreciate the incredible amount of detail on the reverse - the figures are rarely this finely engraved.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d also like to draw attention on what Isis is holding on the reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1244655[/ATTACH]</p><p>The description from RIC says that it&#039;s a &quot;bucket&quot;, but at first I thought it was some sort of globe, though then I realized that the position was wrong and that Isis&#039; fingers would be unusually long, were that the case. So, then, if it is a bucket, what is it containing inside? Could it be another sort of container? I&#039;d really like to figure out this mystery, so tell me if you know what it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, that&#039;s all for now. Post your coins with errors or anything else that you feel like may be relevant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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