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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4985281, member: 75937"]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you so much, [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER], for contributing to this thread, particularly in demonstrating the die-linkage between your coins and mine. Fascinating stuff, indeed!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one reads VICTOR, though the die is filled in such that it almost looks like VICTOP:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197743[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.58 gm, 16.8 mm.</p><p>Emesa, AD 193-196.</p><p>Obv: JULIA DOMNA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: VENER VICTOR, Venus, naked to waist, standing r., holding apple and palm, resting l. elbow on column.</p><p>Refs: RIC-633; Cohen-189.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That -- along with the oblong O in DOMNA -- is characteristic of this die. Among the <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Domna+627+LIBERAL&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0&currency=usd&company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Domna+627+LIBERAL&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0&currency=usd&company=" rel="nofollow">two specimens at acsearchinfo</a>, the <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/search?keyword=Domna&keyword=627&keyword=Liberalitas" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/search?keyword=Domna&keyword=627&keyword=Liberalitas" rel="nofollow">three at the British Museum</a>, the <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s6591.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s6591.html" rel="nofollow">specimen at Wildwinds</a>, and the <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.627" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.627" rel="nofollow">two others at OCRE</a>, there is only one other example of this obverse die with the LIBERAL AVG reverse, <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1927-0619-15" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1927-0619-15" rel="nofollow">BMCRE 419</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197746[/ATTACH]</p><p>None of these five share the same reverse die as mine.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I imagine that my coin would have had to have been struck before yours, because one can easily explain an engraver extending the horizontal bar of the L, but I can't think of a way it could be shortened (I don't think a filled die would look like this).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That sounds like a fun project to do (perhaps [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER] has already done so). I have a few others from this mint, none of which share dies with this coin or with each other:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197752[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197753[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197754[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I, too, get much joy from exploring questions such as die-linkage and reconstructing chronological sequences. I am sure the coin will hold my interest for decades to come.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4985281, member: 75937"]:wideyed::wideyed::wideyed::wideyed::wideyed: Thank you so much, [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER], for contributing to this thread, particularly in demonstrating the die-linkage between your coins and mine. Fascinating stuff, indeed! This one reads VICTOR, though the die is filled in such that it almost looks like VICTOP: [ATTACH=full]1197743[/ATTACH] Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman AR denarius, 3.58 gm, 16.8 mm. Emesa, AD 193-196. Obv: JULIA DOMNA AVG, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: VENER VICTOR, Venus, naked to waist, standing r., holding apple and palm, resting l. elbow on column. Refs: RIC-633; Cohen-189. That -- along with the oblong O in DOMNA -- is characteristic of this die. Among the [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Domna+627+LIBERAL&category=1-2&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1&images=1&thesaurus=1&order=0¤cy=usd&company=']two specimens at acsearchinfo[/URL], the [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/search?keyword=Domna&keyword=627&keyword=Liberalitas']three at the British Museum[/URL], the [URL='http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s6591.html']specimen at Wildwinds[/URL], and the [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.627']two others at OCRE[/URL], there is only one other example of this obverse die with the LIBERAL AVG reverse, [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1927-0619-15']BMCRE 419[/URL]: [ATTACH=full]1197746[/ATTACH] None of these five share the same reverse die as mine. I imagine that my coin would have had to have been struck before yours, because one can easily explain an engraver extending the horizontal bar of the L, but I can't think of a way it could be shortened (I don't think a filled die would look like this). That sounds like a fun project to do (perhaps [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER] has already done so). I have a few others from this mint, none of which share dies with this coin or with each other: [ATTACH=full]1197752[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1197753[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1197754[/ATTACH] I, too, get much joy from exploring questions such as die-linkage and reconstructing chronological sequences. I am sure the coin will hold my interest for decades to come.[/QUOTE]
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