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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2141533, member: 19463&quot;][ATTACH=full]409772[/ATTACH] </p><p>Q&#039;s sharp Fausta from Trier has the reverse legend Spes Reipublicae while mine is London and reads Salus Reipublicae.&nbsp; Both have the same two babies in arms figure.&nbsp;&nbsp; The dealer that provided mine had two London coins.&nbsp; Mine was the cheaper of the two and struck unevenly leaving a very weak mintmark (PLON) and a flat spot in the hair on the obverse.&nbsp; The other one had a bold mintmark and hair but was proportionally flat in the bust drapery detail and had no detail at all in the head of the reverse figure.&nbsp; His asking price was four times what he was asking for mine.&nbsp;&nbsp; I chose the cheaper one with facial details on the reverse.&nbsp; There are many people who want that London mintmark.&nbsp; Mine is definitely London but I was amazed at the difference.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Siscia, Heracleia and Cyzicus seemed better able to strike evenly than London was.&nbsp; All three were Spes.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]409773[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]409774[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]409775[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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