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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 8241739, member: 99554&quot;]Not so long ago I wrote a thread about a coin of Victorinus with a special detail (the <b>small leaf</b>) and how happy I was to be able to finally get one. ( <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/victorinus-with-hieroglyph.376044/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/victorinus-with-hieroglyph.376044/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/victorinus-with-hieroglyph.376044/</a> ). When I acquired mine, it was the first time I ever saw one for sale in my life, the 2 other specimens being in museum. But imagine my surprise when I saw another one for sale in Germany the next week ; couldn’t resist and had to buy it. But another example was again available the next week this time in an auction in Spain; tried to get it but didn’t succeed. Sadly, it was the nicest one of the three. Did you ever experience such a story ? You wait to find a coin for years without success, and finally 3 specimens appear in a month ? Has a hoard been discovered or what ? Maybe but the 3 coins were for sale in 3 different countries: UK, Germany and Spain. Only a coincidence? What do you think ? Here are the three coins :</p><p><br /></p><p>20mm&nbsp; 3.56g (sold in UK)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450754[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>18mm&nbsp; 2.76g (sold in Germany)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450755[/ATTACH] </p><p>The one I missed from Spain</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1450753[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The first two coins are obverse die-matches. The reverses are very similar, but the leaves and the stars are clearly different. Same engraver or maybe the dies were « refreshed » ?</p><p>I believe that coin # 3 and # 2 have reverses die-matching.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Please show me twins or similar coins from your collection !</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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