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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2998528, member: 19463"]Various mints used different 'fonts' and changed styles over time. The Cyzicus below has a similar M but the A's in the encircling legend was made as we make H. I wonder if the die cutter pronounced REPARATIO "rep-air-ate-e-oh" since he drew the A's as Greek does eta. Randy is showing us what happens when you start studying coins rather than just gathering them in a collection. He has already shown us through various posts on CT more information on FH stylistic variations than you will find in paper/ink books I have seen. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]741339[/ATTACH]</p><p>Did anyone reading my post above make note that the H for A in Reparatio did not carry through to the SMKA mintmark or the two A's on the obverse? Yes the obverse letters are weak on this specimen so missing that might be forgiven. Perhaps that is why students of coins don't mind having many duplicate specimens which contribute together to the body of understanding of the subject. That is also something we gain here when people 'pile on' <u>related</u> coins. I am not encouraging posts with completely unrelated things ("I don't have a Constantius II but here is my coin of his grandfather") but the modern digital camera and Internet connections make it possible to see significant coins even when those sharing are half a world away.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2998528, member: 19463"]Various mints used different 'fonts' and changed styles over time. The Cyzicus below has a similar M but the A's in the encircling legend was made as we make H. I wonder if the die cutter pronounced REPARATIO "rep-air-ate-e-oh" since he drew the A's as Greek does eta. Randy is showing us what happens when you start studying coins rather than just gathering them in a collection. He has already shown us through various posts on CT more information on FH stylistic variations than you will find in paper/ink books I have seen. [ATTACH=full]741339[/ATTACH] Did anyone reading my post above make note that the H for A in Reparatio did not carry through to the SMKA mintmark or the two A's on the obverse? Yes the obverse letters are weak on this specimen so missing that might be forgiven. Perhaps that is why students of coins don't mind having many duplicate specimens which contribute together to the body of understanding of the subject. That is also something we gain here when people 'pile on' [U]related[/U] coins. I am not encouraging posts with completely unrelated things ("I don't have a Constantius II but here is my coin of his grandfather") but the modern digital camera and Internet connections make it possible to see significant coins even when those sharing are half a world away.[/QUOTE]
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