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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3622589, member: 57495&quot;]The main distinction made in RIC between RIC VI 825 and RIC VII 212 is that the former is a base silver unit and the latter is a copper follis.&nbsp; Secondarily, the former has Jupiter as the eagle-rider, and the latter has the emperor as the eagle-rider, but really, how did they tell? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of the pictures of examples I&#039;ve seen, I wouldn&#039;t be comfortable saying any given one is definitely &quot;base metal&quot; and another is &quot;copper&quot;.&nbsp; Perhaps the suggestion in Wildwinds is that all RIC VII 212s are in fact just RIC VI 825s and they weren&#039;t actually struck in two different metals?&nbsp; And yet, Wildwinds doesn&#039;t dispute the existence of RIC VII 211, which is exactly the same as 212, except for the fact the latter has the eagle with &quot;spread wings.&quot;&nbsp; (For the record, I can&#039;t say I can tell the difference between the eagles with spread wings and those that supposedly don&#039;t have their wings spread either).&nbsp; Ultimately, I just gave up and called mine RIC VI Trier 825 because it looks kind of billon-y.&nbsp; But the question about the eagle wings being spread or not still gives me sleepless nights (not really <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]971289[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Below is my RIC VII Trier 210, which does seem to be quite clearly AE, as opposed to the one above.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]971288[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry if I just made things more muddled for you.&nbsp; Maybe someone else has a clearer picture of these.&nbsp; Or, you could write to Dane at Wildwinds.&nbsp; Let us know what you eventually decide to go with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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