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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3119520, member: 19463&quot;]This is a subject that need to die without further discussion.&nbsp; Curtis Clay declared the Emesa dots to be meaningless accidents or decorations several years ago and no one will go against him.&nbsp; Of course I don&#039;t know if there is anyone studying the coins seriously either so who would be prepared to have a meaningful opinion? </p><p><br /></p><p>Below are two meaningless triangular dots MONET .. AVG</p><p>[ATTACH=full]793420[/ATTACH] </p><p>and BONA SPEI ..</p><p>[ATTACH=full]793421[/ATTACH]&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>The obverse of this last coin has a small round dot separating SE.V and wedged the COSII tightly before the point of the bust rather than splitting the two I&#039;s or placing both beyond the point as seen on other dies.&nbsp;&nbsp; It does appear that the dies with a space between SE and V were earlier in style than the SEV continuous dies.&nbsp; Other breaks are less common and may be accidents. IDK!</p><p>SEVP&nbsp; ERT</p><p>[ATTACH=full]793440[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Scholars consider these random variations also without significance.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am more certain we will never know the answer than I am that there is nothing to know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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