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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1882314, member: 19463&quot;]My only coin from the last Pecunem sale arrived today.&nbsp; Unfortunately I&#039;m unable to be 100% sure what it is since the coin really tells no more than their photo.&nbsp; To know what I want to know, I need to find other coins of the same obverse die but this is my only example of the die.&nbsp; The reverse is a common Septimius type VICT AVG with Victory walking.&nbsp; The obverse appears to read COSI at the end but this die is new to me if it is one of the scarce COSI coins.&nbsp; The centering is not such that I can be certain this is not a die which placed the second I of COSI-I on the other side of the point of the bust but I don&#039;t have a match for it in that category either.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]319568[/ATTACH] </p><p>I was attracted to the coin because it appears to have some ghost detail on both sides which could mean it was struck on another coin or, less interestingly, just doublestruck.&nbsp; Most noticeable is the arch over Victory&#039;s head which I could accept as the remnants of the border circle if the first strike were off center that much.&nbsp; There are some floating details in the field which might be from the legend but the offset on them is opposite of the arch confusing my attempts to&nbsp; identify them.&nbsp; On the obverse is a floater before the face which could be beard details if the understrike were rotated a bit.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I rather hope Martin will have a coin matching this die sonce comparison of die duplicates always makes things more clear.&nbsp; As for the rest of you, I&#039;ll warn that things like this are available to hold your attention when you have been collecting too long.&nbsp; I want to know if this coin is what it appears to be (COSI) or if it is a fooler which I should have left behind.&nbsp; Sometimes you can have such a coin for several years before you find an answer; sometimes you get lucky and discover something that actually is new.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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