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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3767338, member: 75937"]Woodward notes that E was found only with obverse die 8 in his study. Obverse die 8 is described as, "IMP CAES M DID.SEV ER IVLIAN AVG, Merzbacher (Munich,</p><p>Nov. 1909), 1764 = (Vierordt (Schulman, 1923), 1787), (Fortuna, die B); also dies C, D, E, K, M. This obverse die does not appear on any of the British Museum specimens. This is not your coin's obverse. Your coin has a break in the obverse legend as SE VER with a dot after the R. Yours also has a dot after the D in DID and after the N in Julian. </p><p><br /></p><p>This would make it obverse die 5, described by Woodward as, "IMP CAES M DID. SE VER. IVLIAN.AVG, Bachofen v. Echt (Vienna, 1903) 1567 (Fortuna, die <i>G</i>); also dies <i>H</i> and <i>P</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>While it could be that your coin is a die-pair combo unrecorded by Woodward, this suggests that your coin has reverse die G (which I couldn't rule out in my previous post). Die G is described in VERY vague terms: "(R above top of head, no stops.) Hall (Glendining, 1950), 1659; Bachofen v. Echt (Vienna, 1903), 1567; Copenhagen; The Hague (no. 5922).</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin sounds like it might well be a double die-match with the Bachofen v. Echt specimen. Good luck finding a photo of it online, though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3767338, member: 75937"]Woodward notes that E was found only with obverse die 8 in his study. Obverse die 8 is described as, "IMP CAES M DID.SEV ER IVLIAN AVG, Merzbacher (Munich, Nov. 1909), 1764 = (Vierordt (Schulman, 1923), 1787), (Fortuna, die B); also dies C, D, E, K, M. This obverse die does not appear on any of the British Museum specimens. This is not your coin's obverse. Your coin has a break in the obverse legend as SE VER with a dot after the R. Yours also has a dot after the D in DID and after the N in Julian. This would make it obverse die 5, described by Woodward as, "IMP CAES M DID. SE VER. IVLIAN.AVG, Bachofen v. Echt (Vienna, 1903) 1567 (Fortuna, die [I]G[/I]); also dies [I]H[/I] and [I]P[/I]. While it could be that your coin is a die-pair combo unrecorded by Woodward, this suggests that your coin has reverse die G (which I couldn't rule out in my previous post). Die G is described in VERY vague terms: "(R above top of head, no stops.) Hall (Glendining, 1950), 1659; Bachofen v. Echt (Vienna, 1903), 1567; Copenhagen; The Hague (no. 5922). Your coin sounds like it might well be a double die-match with the Bachofen v. Echt specimen. Good luck finding a photo of it online, though.[/QUOTE]
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