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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 7468211, member: 31620&quot;]The more you specialise in an area the more &quot;believed to be currently unique&quot; coins you can find. It is doubtful that they were unique when produced and thus they are the only known current example.</p><p><br /></p><p>I and many dozens but they are in the majority only details that very few of us would care about.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of examples from my collection (without delving into my Severans which would pull out many).....</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Probus Antoninianus</b></p><p>Obv:– IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– ABVNDANTIA AVG I, Abundatia, standing right, empting cornucopiae</p><p>Minted in Lugdunum (IIII in exe) Emission 4 Officina 4. Middle to End A.D. 277</p><p>Reference:– Cohen -. Bastien -. RIC 17 Bust type F var (reverse legend)</p><p><br /></p><p>3.62 g. 23.64 mm. 0 degrees</p><p><br /></p><p>The standard reverse legend reads ABVNDANTIA AVG and here the engraver appears to have mistakenly added an additional I. </p><p><br /></p><p>Not known in an major references. No other examples known to Dr. S. Estiot who is creating the definitive catalog of this series.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_132zc_img.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b> L Papius Denarius Serratus</b></p><p>Obv:– Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under chin. Behind head, Dolphin wrapped around anchor.</p><p>Rev:– Gryphon running right; in ex., L. PAPI.; in field, Hippocamp</p><p>Minted in Rome from . B.C. 79.</p><p>Reference(s) – RSC Papia 1. RRC 384/1. RCTV 311.</p><p>Symbol variety – RRC -. Babelon -. BMCRR -.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only known example with this symbol pair. No other examples known to Richard Schaefer in his Roman Republican Dies study when discussed in 2012. I am not aware of any examples emerging since that date.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/Papia_1b_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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