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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1790982, member: 19463&quot;]I avoided Septimius since the Eastern cutters were so original in their spelling.&nbsp; It amazes me how many different dies contained the same errors in a few cases.&nbsp; I&#039;ll throw in a multiple error.&nbsp; The extra A in the obverse legend is from&nbsp; the double strike but I can only attribute the IICOS date on ther reverse of a woman&#039;s coin to a failure to understand the program. [ATTACH=full]289028[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Of course there is the ubiquitous IVLA which comes from both Emesa and Alexandria.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]289029[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>...and finally my favorite non-error.&nbsp; The popular and common Septimius type with the emperor on horseback was copied from Trajan with legend SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI but ony rare Septimius coins read correctly.&nbsp; The majority have P<b>B</b>INCIPI.&nbsp; It bothers me that the standard references fail to note this.&nbsp;&nbsp; Which of the five below is the error?&nbsp; Remember Greek cutters were not accustomed to the letter R so they often mixed up B and R.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]289030[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]289031[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]289032[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]289033[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]289034[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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