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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2782621, member: 19463&quot;]I agree about the special status of the reclining Dioscuri type from Tomis.&nbsp; Mine was issued in the name of Caracalla and has a quite young portrait.&nbsp; It has the same reverse legend as zumby&#039;s Maximus but the splits of the legend are more &#039;normal&#039;.&nbsp; The use of the type twice at Tomis separated by almost 40 years would suggest we should find many other variations on this coin but I have not seen them and do not own a standard reference that lists them.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]644127[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A quick search shows others, all rare, including the one I really would like in the name of Pertinax.</p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;ITEM_INVENTORY_NUMBER=&amp;CONTAINER_NAME=&amp;ITEM_LOT_NUMBER=&amp;ITEM_DESC=dioscuri+reclining+tomis&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1&amp;VIEW_TYPE=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;ITEM_INVENTORY_NUMBER=&amp;CONTAINER_NAME=&amp;ITEM_LOT_NUMBER=&amp;ITEM_DESC=dioscuri+reclining+tomis&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1&amp;VIEW_TYPE=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;ITEM_INVENTORY_NUMBER=&amp;CONTAINER_NAME=&amp;ITEM_LOT_NUMBER=&amp;ITEM_DESC=dioscuri reclining tomis&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1&amp;VIEW_TYPE=0</a></p><p>Looking at these listings, I was stuck by the variations in legend arrangement.&nbsp; Some, like zumby&#039;s, show the Dioscuri leaning against a rock while others, mine, show overturned urns from which liquid flows (according to the CNG description which is a possible reading of what I see.&nbsp; Few of them are in what one would call high grade and none sold for a high price.&nbsp; My example was pointed out to me by a long standing friend/dealer who said, &quot;You need this.&quot;&nbsp; He retired shortly after selling me this coin.&nbsp; I will miss seeing him regularly at shows. </p><p><br /></p><p>One assarion coins are common but few are marked A.&nbsp; Denominations B and Γ are less often seen.&nbsp; Most common are E=5.&nbsp; Most unusual is &gt;A or 1.5 shown below for Philip II.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]644144[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>B (reversed) for Commodus from Dionysopolis - The B doubles as a bow for Herakles.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]644147[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Γ for Diadumenian from Marcianopolis</p><p>[ATTACH=full]644145[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Δ for Maximus from Tomis</p><p>[ATTACH=full]644146[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>E for Gordian III from Marcianopolis - This is before his marriage at which time Serapis was replaced by Tranquillina.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]644150[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>No town has a full set of denominations.&nbsp; Why each struck the ones they did is a mystery to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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