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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 24751822, member: 31620&quot;]I specialise in these eastern issues of Septimius Severus and there is lots of evidence that the engravers didn&#039;t speak Latin. There are several examples of dies where they experiment with the legend structure.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMP CAE L SEP SE-V PERT AVG II CO</p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064se_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG II COS</p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064qo_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example where the legend is EVENTVC instead of EVENTVS. Likely a Greek speaking engraver.</p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064es_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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