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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3984437, member: 19463&quot;]Die studies are great for telling what once may have existed but tell nothing about what still exists.&nbsp; There is no reason to assume that the same percentage of any two issues survives.&nbsp; There are too many factors.&nbsp; Some coins were made in periods just before a reform and most made would have been melted.&nbsp; Coins that were declared illegal to own (Pescennius Niger</p><p>?) may show more dies than the specimen count would suggest.&nbsp; Coins that were too good for their time could have been melted in larger numbers than the average.&nbsp; A mint &#039;sack&#039; intended to a military pay could have thousands of coins from the same die but might have been the only coins ever made of that type.&nbsp; I wonder what the greatest number of surviving coins from one die is (or if anyone has counted such a thing).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I certainly agree as long as we realize that such rules are not always perfect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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