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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 3162670, member: 82616&quot;]I agree with most of what you say. I don&#039;t think there is any meaning or importance in the legend break (or indeed most legend breaks) - the die engraver simply &#039;ran out of room&#039;. Not a variant, but I thought different enough to note. What actually interested me about the OP coin was the portrait. The fact it has classic Vespasianic features is of some importance - it lends weight to the idea that these COS ITER Pax denarii were struck <i>after </i>Vespasian&#039;s arrival in Rome when presumably a proper portrait bust (or painting?) could be provided to the die engravers at the mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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