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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8160385, member: 75937&quot;]I purchased this provincial of Otacilia Severa from Bizya at a Frank Robinson auction back in 2016.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/otacilia-severa-bizya-jpg.1092751/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Otacilia Severa, AD 244-249.</font></p><p><font size="3">Thrace, Bizya Æ 23.5 mm, 6.89 gm, 7 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: M WTAKEIΛIA CEBHPA CEB, diademed and draped bust, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ, Artemis Phosphoros standing right, holding arrow and torch; stag at her feet.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/337527" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/337527" rel="nofollow">Tachev, <i>Bizija</i> 5</a> (this coin); Moushmov 3514; Sear GIC 3991; Varbanov 1592; Lindgren II 759; Jurukova 147; Mionnet Suppl 2, 193; RPC VIII, (unassigned; <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48718" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48718" rel="nofollow">ID 48718</a>); CN <a href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/coins/3897" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/coins/3897" rel="nofollow">3897</a>; Milano IV/3 --; BMC Thrace --; SNG Tubingen --; SNG Copenhagen --;Wiczay --.</font></p><p><font size="3">Notes: Double die-match to RPC specimen and to Lindgren II 759.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>I was looking at the <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48718" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/48718" rel="nofollow">examples in RPC</a> for a die-match and came across <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/337527" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/337527" rel="nofollow">this one</a>, which is noted to be <a href="https://bibliophilia.eu/antiquity/antiquity-numismatics/roman-provincial-coinage/the-coinage-of-bizye" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bibliophilia.eu/antiquity/antiquity-numismatics/roman-provincial-coinage/the-coinage-of-bizye" rel="nofollow">Tachev, <i>Bizija</i></a> 5. It weighs 6.89 g and is 24 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/otacilia-severa-bizya-tachev-bizija-5-rpc-jpg.1092773/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I noticed that it was not only a double-die match, but that it was the <b>exact same coin</b>, albeit a very poor quality photo![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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