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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3146018, member: 75937&quot;]Nice coin, [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER] ! I have one that is similar, but issued five years later, dated TR P XX COS IIII, RIC 289c:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]805068[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow, [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] ! Lovely coin with a gorgeous patina and interesting reverse type. Now I need to get one of those serpent-entwined tree types!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Provincials may not be your strong suit, [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] , but you picked a winner with that Serapis! The god&#039;s image on the reverse of your Didumenian and Macrinus from Marcianopolis is very well-rendered.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice one, [USER=42634]@chrsmat71[/USER] ! That&#039;s a nicely-preserved example, too. I like Domna&#039;s pensive portrait on the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, [USER=95247]@tenbobbit[/USER] , that&#039;s an obverse die-match to my example. If you look at the letters in the inscription, you can see they are completely superimposable:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]805069[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is probably the die described in Pick (AMNG 1, p. 226) as having the M and N in ΔΟΜΝΑ tied together, such that the final downstroke of the M is also the first downstroke of the N. This is the example in Vienna (#5) he cites as &quot;Wien Froelich 4 tentam. 261, 133 Abb. d.&quot;:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]805072[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;ll also note Pick describes the reverse die (with ΩΝ in the field) used on your coin as being used in examples 3 (Neapel Cat. 6294) and 4 (Sophia).</p><p><br /></p><p>Pick is very helpful and, while I have a print copy, it is available online here: Vol. I, <a href="https://archive.org/details/p1dieantikenmn01akaduoft" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/p1dieantikenmn01akaduoft" rel="nofollow">part 1</a> and <a href="https://archive.org/details/p2dieantikenmn01akaduoft" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/p2dieantikenmn01akaduoft" rel="nofollow">part 2</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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