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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 8080441, member: 31620&quot;]Another interesting question about bust types that had me struggling in my early days collecting Probus was driven by my assumption, which I later found out to be incorrect, that RIC was accurate with the description of come of the common bust types and in particular what it refers to as Bust type A and Bust Type C.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bust type A - Radiate, draped bust</p><p>Bust type C - Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust</p><p><br /></p><p>It is probably worth trying to explain how these bust types differ before we continue. The only difference between these busts is the existence of the Pteruges at the shoulder. These are evident as the strips seen at the shoulder. These can be seen at 6 o&#039;clock on the example of Bust Type C below.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_132eg_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>RIC is quite abundant in allocating coins to each of these bust types but in reality the vast majority of coins are such that the Pteruges are too worn to be visible leading to a misallocation of a coins that is Bust Type C to Bust Type A.</p><p><br /></p><p>So my next question was - &quot;Do coins actually exist with Bust Type A?&quot;. The answer turned out to be &quot;Yes.&quot;. Bust Type A, i.e. coins without the Pteruges do seem to exist but I have only seen a few examples, all of which come from Siscia such as the coins below.. On these coins the condition is such that the lack of visible Pteruges cannot be put down to wear.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI%20132qp%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20132ls%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Do people really care? Probably not. It is worth knowing though as finding a coin with Pteruges that is cited in RIC as not having them is very common and as such a novice collector might think they have found something more unusual but in reality they are suffering from the fact that RIC is poor in this regard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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