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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8085573, member: 19463&quot;]I believe when we post a coin as such a thrill, it is good to explain what it was about the coin that made it so thrilling.&nbsp; I assume this one is a less common obverse variation which made it better than the standard KOY issue but I, for one, have not shown enough interest in them to pay attention to the obverses.&nbsp; I looked at the interesting feature of these being that the officina letter B appears on different coins in three differernt places.&nbsp; I do not have the whole set but do have the three in KOY but none have the bare bust obverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404750[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1404751[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1404752[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Oddly, I have no B with unadorned bust but have the other two officinae in the version as seen from the back so I assume the thrill here related to the &#039;from the front&#039; bust.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404753[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1404754[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This demonstrates how specialists get a lot of enjoyment from minor variations/rarities while those who are not specialists may not see a reason for the special thrill.&nbsp; I am a specialist but not in these coins so the bust type was not a consideration when I bought mine. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/code.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/code.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/code.html</a></p><p>My 1999 page was written before I even had the set for Diocletian with any obverse and I never updated that page after I got those two coins or discovered that I needed at least 54 coins to make a set (2 rulers, 3 officina, 3 officina placements, 3 portrait styles) and that does not include any errors like this ΓΧΧΧΙAΙ for ΓΧΧΧΙΛΙ.&nbsp; How many of that sort of oddity there are is way over my head. I wonder if anyone has the set. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404762[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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