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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 8327997, member: 99554&quot;]The three most sought after and « not often seen » types for all Victorinus’ coins collectors are COMES AVG, MARS VICTOR and <b>LAETITIA AVG N</b>. If you see one in auctions, please get your wallet ready… Since I’m not willing to spend more than 500 $ when one specimen comes for sale, I have to hope for a miracle to be able to get one of these (I already have a MARS VICTOR). But it happened. I was browsing through Ebay like I do every morning when I had a vision: a nice « crooked nose » Victorinus, with a weak strike reverse, but surprisingly correctly attribute to <b>LAETITIA AVG N</b>… from a French seller not specialized in coins…for <b><span style="color: #ff0000">17 €</span></b> shipping included. I have never seen one for sale, and I can’t find a trace of a sale in the last 20 years. And then the vision wasn’t over: I saw the big button <b>BUY IT NOW</b>… Let’s stop there cause you can easily imagine what I did. Before showing you my new baby, I have to add that the BM owns 5 examples: one is from Cunetio, one from Normanby and another specimen from Blackmoor hoard. Oxford has one too, and the American Numismatic Society <i>believe</i> they have 3 of them; here they are:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1476008[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sorry but this is a AEQVITAS reverse or PROVIDENTIA, you can clearly see the cornucopia at the right of the character…</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1476009[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sorry but it’s a PIETAS reverse, look at the altar…</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1476010[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sorry but it’s Tetricus I, absolutely not Victorinus’ nose…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Those one are real one from the British Museum, all from the same obverse die (as well as mine) except the first one, and there’s only one reverse die known.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1476013[/ATTACH]</p><p>Blackmoor Hoard 2.12g</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1476014[/ATTACH]</p><p>3.36g</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1476012[/ATTACH]</p><p>3.24g</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1476011[/ATTACH]</p><p>Normanby Hoard 3.03g</p><p><br /></p><p>And this is my new bargain:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1476015[/ATTACH]</p><p>LAETITIA AVG N&nbsp; Trier mint</p><p>18mm&nbsp; 2.52g&nbsp; Mairat 631</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Please feel free to post your LAETITIA coins or your VISION coins !</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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