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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 3139158, member: 31620&quot;]Alongside the usual COS II issue (allocated to Emesa) is a set of dies that doesn&#039;t quite fit. These have a whold mix of legend errors such as CA for CAE, PER for PERT, AG for AVG etc. Their style is more akin to those of the IMP II series rather than the COS II series but current research does not help directly with their allocation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Among them is one with the obverse legend &quot;IMP CA L SE SEV PER AVG COS II&quot;. Up until recently I only had one example with this die. Curtis Clay wrote a thread encompassing this die on another forum listing the following reverse dies known with it. </p><p><br /></p><p>BONA SPES, Spes standing holding flower and lifting skirt</p><p>BONI EVNTVS (second E in EVENTVS left out), Fides standing left holding basket of fruit and corn ears</p><p>IMP V IRIB (sic, should be TRIB) POT IIII / CS II, Captive seated under trophy of arms</p><p>LIBER AVG, Liberalitas standing left</p><p>MINER VICTRIS (error for VICTRIC), Minerva standing left holding spear and shield</p><p>VICTOR AVG, Victory advancing left</p><p>VICI (sic) AVG, Victory advancing left</p><p><br /></p><p>I have had an example of the Spes type for a few years:-</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064qn_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe that Doug owns the known examples of MINER VICTRIS (ex Barry Murphy collection) and the VICI AVG coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have just added a new reverse type to the above list with a new acquisition.</p><p><br /></p><p>MONET AVG, Moneta standing left, holding scales in right hand, cornucopiae in left</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064ts_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I am attemtping to study these odd dies in detail but their scarcity makes it quite difficult.</p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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