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<p>[QUOTE="Mat, post: 1790945, member: 21445"]The bolded text is the errors.</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/2r6fnmq.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Aquilia Severa (221 - 222 A.D.)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>O: IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG, draped bust right.</p><p>R: CONCORDIA, Concordia standing half left, sacrificing from patera in right over lit altar, double cornucopia in left, star left.</p><p>Rome 221 A.D.</p><p>19mm</p><p>3.2g</p><p>RIC IV 226, BMCRE V 184, RSC III 2, SRCV II 7679</p><p> </p><p><b>Partial portrait die clash on right reverse field.</b></p><p> </p><p>Ex. Heritage Auctions, Jul 18, 2013, #231329 Lot 61048 (part of)</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i43.tinypic.com/4kbb11.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>O: IVLIA MAESA AVG, Draped bust right.</p><p>R: FORTVNAE REDVCI Fecunditas standing left, raising hand over child and cornucopia.</p><p>Rome</p><p>18.8m</p><p>3.1g</p><p>RSC 14</p><p> </p><p><b> Engravers Error:</b></p><p> </p><p><b>This coin features Maesa's Fecunditas type, RIC 249 = RSC 8, and should have been labeled FECVNDITAS AVG.</b></p><p> </p><p><b>It implies that Maesa's FECVNDITAS AVG type and Elagabalus' FORTVNAE REDVCI type were being produced simultaneously, that is in 219 AD, the known date of the FORTVNAE REDVCI type.</b></p><p> </p><p><b>This error is not unpublished: Cohen 14 reports a specimen in Paris, RIC 252 takes it over from Cohen.</b></p><p> </p><p><b>About the 6th known of this type, found two other specimens with the same combination of type and legend, both from the same reverse die but feature a young Maesa bust. This type features the older bust type.</b></p><p> </p><p><b>Possibly unique to feature this particular bust.</b></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i43.tinypic.com/xpcu49.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Maximinus II Daia (309 - 313 A.D.)</p><p>Silvered follis</p><p>O: GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAESAR; Laureate head right.</p><p>R:GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, right hand holding patera from which liquord flows; left a cornucopia., A in right field, •SM•SD• in exergue.</p><p>Serdica mint</p><p>28mm</p><p>10.7g</p><p>RIC VI 13b RCV 3754v (obverse inscription)</p><p> </p><p><b>Die Chip Under Nose</b></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i49.tinypic.com/6zaft0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Constantine X (1059 - 1067 A.D.)</p><p>Æ FOLLIS</p><p>O: +EMMA_NOVHA Christ standing facing on footstool, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels. IC XC across field</p><p>R: EVDKARO +KWNTAK On left, Eudocia standing facing, wearing modified loros with kite-shaped lower panel and crown with cross and pendilia; on right, Constantine standing facing, wearing modified loros and crown with cross and pendilia, both holding labarum with cross-piece on shaft between them, standing on base and three steps, and each places one hand on heart</p><p>Constantinople</p><p>6.1g</p><p>26mm</p><p>DOC 8; SB 1853</p><p> </p><p><b>Overstruck Reverse</b></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>May have more but this is all I can remember/find.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mat, post: 1790945, member: 21445"]The bolded text is the errors. [IMG]http://i40.tinypic.com/2r6fnmq.jpg[/IMG] Aquilia Severa (221 - 222 A.D.) AR Denarius O: IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG, draped bust right. R: CONCORDIA, Concordia standing half left, sacrificing from patera in right over lit altar, double cornucopia in left, star left. Rome 221 A.D. 19mm 3.2g RIC IV 226, BMCRE V 184, RSC III 2, SRCV II 7679 [B]Partial portrait die clash on right reverse field.[/B] Ex. Heritage Auctions, Jul 18, 2013, #231329 Lot 61048 (part of) [IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/4kbb11.jpg[/IMG] AR Denarius O: IVLIA MAESA AVG, Draped bust right. R: FORTVNAE REDVCI Fecunditas standing left, raising hand over child and cornucopia. Rome 18.8m 3.1g RSC 14 [B] Engravers Error:[/B] [B]This coin features Maesa's Fecunditas type, RIC 249 = RSC 8, and should have been labeled FECVNDITAS AVG.[/B] [B]It implies that Maesa's FECVNDITAS AVG type and Elagabalus' FORTVNAE REDVCI type were being produced simultaneously, that is in 219 AD, the known date of the FORTVNAE REDVCI type.[/B] [B]This error is not unpublished: Cohen 14 reports a specimen in Paris, RIC 252 takes it over from Cohen.[/B] [B]About the 6th known of this type, found two other specimens with the same combination of type and legend, both from the same reverse die but feature a young Maesa bust. This type features the older bust type.[/B] [B]Possibly unique to feature this particular bust.[/B] [IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/xpcu49.jpg[/IMG] Maximinus II Daia (309 - 313 A.D.) Silvered follis O: GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAESAR; Laureate head right. R:GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, right hand holding patera from which liquord flows; left a cornucopia., A in right field, •SM•SD• in exergue. Serdica mint 28mm 10.7g RIC VI 13b RCV 3754v (obverse inscription) [B]Die Chip Under Nose[/B] [img]http://i49.tinypic.com/6zaft0.jpg[/img] Constantine X (1059 - 1067 A.D.) Æ FOLLIS O: +EMMA_NOVHA Christ standing facing on footstool, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels. IC XC across field R: EVDKARO +KWNTAK On left, Eudocia standing facing, wearing modified loros with kite-shaped lower panel and crown with cross and pendilia; on right, Constantine standing facing, wearing modified loros and crown with cross and pendilia, both holding labarum with cross-piece on shaft between them, standing on base and three steps, and each places one hand on heart Constantinople 6.1g 26mm DOC 8; SB 1853 [B]Overstruck Reverse[/B] May have more but this is all I can remember/find.[/QUOTE]
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