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Message:: [QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 3119043, member: 88829"]If we compare the OP coin to this example of a normal C* from Cyzicus:<a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coinview/2948/-898014181?tempRIC=&asmSelect0=&asmSelect1=&Person=Aurelianus&asmSelect2=&asmSelect3=&asmSelect4=&asmSelect5=&asmSelect6=&asmSelect7=&asmSelect8=&asmSelect9=&ReverseMark=%E2%80%93%2F%E2%80%93%2F%2FC%2A&asmSelect10=&asmSelect11=&BustDescription=&ReverseDescription=&Note=&Reference=&page=1&mod=result&from=advanced&ancre=type-data-coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coinview/2948/-898014181?tempRIC=&asmSelect0=&asmSelect1=&Person=Aurelianus&asmSelect2=&asmSelect3=&asmSelect4=&asmSelect5=&asmSelect6=&asmSelect7=&asmSelect8=&asmSelect9=&ReverseMark=%E2%80%93%2F%E2%80%93%2F%2FC%2A&asmSelect10=&asmSelect11=&BustDescription=&ReverseDescription=&Note=&Reference=&page=1&mod=result&from=advanced&ancre=type-data-coin" rel="nofollow">click</a> and line them up in parallel:[ATTACH=full]793225[/ATTACH]We can see that the size of the stars is comparable.  The letters are in proportion to the size of the stars.  If we assume a "C + artifact" for the OP coin (on right) the letter "C" is out of proportion to the star, and does not parallel the example on left for size.  Moreover, the proximity of the marks to the engraved border in the coin on left does not allow for the separation we would see in the coin on right if the C were positioned as the proposed artifact suggests.  On the other hand, if we read an "S" in that position, then it fits the scale for both height and separation from the raised border. But if these two are die matched for the reverse, then we are seeing a slightly mistruck "C" in the exergue.[/QUOTE]

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