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<p>[QUOTE="curtislclay, post: 4594839, member: 89514"]Tentatively I would think "unofficial", mainly because of the crude obv. portrait that you point out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hard to decide on the rev. legend, since the possible letters TI are both a little unclear. If we read PIETAS, the known legend, then there is a rather large gap between the sacrificing figure's head and the supposed S, and that supposed S looks more like an I anyway!</p><p><br /></p><p>On your coin and the one numbered 113 above, Pietas lowers her r. hand to drop incense on the altar; whereas on the other two denarii from the same die pair she raises her r. forearm and perhaps extends her fingers, as though in prayer. The Budapest coin may be this second variant, since Strack writes "r. Hand hebend", that is "raising her r. hand".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="curtislclay, post: 4594839, member: 89514"]Tentatively I would think "unofficial", mainly because of the crude obv. portrait that you point out. Hard to decide on the rev. legend, since the possible letters TI are both a little unclear. If we read PIETAS, the known legend, then there is a rather large gap between the sacrificing figure's head and the supposed S, and that supposed S looks more like an I anyway! On your coin and the one numbered 113 above, Pietas lowers her r. hand to drop incense on the altar; whereas on the other two denarii from the same die pair she raises her r. forearm and perhaps extends her fingers, as though in prayer. The Budapest coin may be this second variant, since Strack writes "r. Hand hebend", that is "raising her r. hand".[/QUOTE]
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