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<p>[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 3775336, member: 31620"]Following on from Doug's examples with more of the same common type......</p><p><br /></p><p>I will start and repeat the most common variation (though in uncommon condition). I have at least half a dozen of this variation though the rest are not worthy of sharing....</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064em_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Doug's AVG II C, INVICTO IMP TROPAE sits somewhere in the chronology of these issues....</p><p><br /></p><p>AVG, INVICTO IMP TROPAEA II (not in main references, two examples known to Curtis Clay, one is his collection, the other in mine)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064fp_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>AVG, INVICTO IMP TROPAEA (same obverse die) - RIC 356</p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064gy_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>AVG II CO, INVICTO IMP TROPAEA</p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064ry_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>AVG COS II, INVICTO IMP TROPA.., (Curtis Clay knows of three examples, two in his own collection (one of which is ex-Kelly) and mine, all three from the same reverse die but all from different early style obverse dies)</p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064to_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>This one would be an unremarkable COS II variety if it wasn't for the SP instead of SEP in the obverse legend (only known example). Does this count?</p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064sc_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>And just to show that it's not just Emesa and Doug's enviable Alexandrian.... The same type turns up for Laodicea. It doesn't appear in any of the major references .</p><p><br /></p><p>PERET .... IMP - II (two examples known from this die pair, Budapest and mine). There are other examples of the same type from different dies on both sides with different legend breaks.</p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064ht_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>IMP VIII (as far as I am aware this is the only known example)</p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064ns_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 3775336, member: 31620"]Following on from Doug's examples with more of the same common type...... I will start and repeat the most common variation (though in uncommon condition). I have at least half a dozen of this variation though the rest are not worthy of sharing.... [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064em_img.jpg[/IMG] Doug's AVG II C, INVICTO IMP TROPAE sits somewhere in the chronology of these issues.... AVG, INVICTO IMP TROPAEA II (not in main references, two examples known to Curtis Clay, one is his collection, the other in mine) [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064fp_img.jpg[/IMG] AVG, INVICTO IMP TROPAEA (same obverse die) - RIC 356 [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064gy_img.jpg[/IMG] AVG II CO, INVICTO IMP TROPAEA [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064ry_img.jpg[/IMG] AVG COS II, INVICTO IMP TROPA.., (Curtis Clay knows of three examples, two in his own collection (one of which is ex-Kelly) and mine, all three from the same reverse die but all from different early style obverse dies) [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064to_img.jpg[/IMG] This one would be an unremarkable COS II variety if it wasn't for the SP instead of SEP in the obverse legend (only known example). Does this count? [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064sc_img.jpg[/IMG] And just to show that it's not just Emesa and Doug's enviable Alexandrian.... The same type turns up for Laodicea. It doesn't appear in any of the major references . PERET .... IMP - II (two examples known from this die pair, Budapest and mine). There are other examples of the same type from different dies on both sides with different legend breaks. [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064ht_img.jpg[/IMG] IMP VIII (as far as I am aware this is the only known example) [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064ns_img.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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