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<p>[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 1816818, member: 31620"]The following coin has a full normal COS II obverse legend of "IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II"</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064em_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There is an odd sub-series of COS II coins that can be found with shortened variations of this obverse legend. The above coin has a "IMP CA L SE[P SEV] PER AVG COS II" legend with the CAE and PERT shortened. I have a sub-collection that focusses on these odd legend variations. Most people don't spot the missing letters. These dies have a large variety of spellings:-</p><p><br /></p><p>"IMP CA L SE SEV PER AVG COS II"</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064oj_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>"IMP CA L SEP SEV PER AVG COS II"</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064mf_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>"IMP CA L SE SEV PER AG COS II" (I have this obverse die with three different reverses)</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064el_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 1816818, member: 31620"]The following coin has a full normal COS II obverse legend of "IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II" [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064em_img.jpg[/IMG] There is an odd sub-series of COS II coins that can be found with shortened variations of this obverse legend. The above coin has a "IMP CA L SE[P SEV] PER AVG COS II" legend with the CAE and PERT shortened. I have a sub-collection that focusses on these odd legend variations. Most people don't spot the missing letters. These dies have a large variety of spellings:- "IMP CA L SE SEV PER AVG COS II" [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064oj_img.jpg[/IMG] "IMP CA L SEP SEV PER AVG COS II" [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064mf_img.jpg[/IMG] "IMP CA L SE SEV PER AG COS II" (I have this obverse die with three different reverses) [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064el_img.jpg[/IMG] Martin[/QUOTE]
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