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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 24619368, member: 135271&quot;]I must express my thanks and appreciation once again to the curators of the Vienna Museum coin collection. I just noticed that since communicating to them about this coin they have uploaded both their As <i>and </i>Dupondius specimens to their collection website. With much better photos, I was able to better compare the dies between the different coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>So far, if I am not mistaken, I am only seeing one reverse die used for this type on all examples I can find of <i>both</i> denominations. I&#039;d like to submit the following and would <i>greatly appreciate</i> any feedback!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have so far only been able to find photos of 3 asses and 3 dupondii. If anyone knows of any other specimens, please let me know, and post here if you would!</p><p><br /></p><p>(I resized and combined the photos, hopefully making comparison easier!)</p><p>NOTE: the CPK coin is my coin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_06/trajan_italia_rest_rev.jpg.9d19b3595e5aee5dd3f1eb55b279bfc5.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_06/trajan_italia_rest_rev.jpg.9d19b3595e5aee5dd3f1eb55b279bfc5.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_06/trajan_italia_rest_rev.jpg.9d19b3595e5aee5dd3f1eb55b279bfc5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>First of all, apologies for cutting off the very bottom of the last row! I guess I didn&#039;t notice that in Paint. Oh well.</p><p><br /></p><p>In particular I would draw your attention to these areas: (Using the Vienna coin as an example)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_06/AT-KHMW-MK-ID60488-rv.jpg.f0d850a9024be33af763f7c8838641dc.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_06/AT-KHMW-MK-ID60488-rv.jpg.f0d850a9024be33af763f7c8838641dc.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_06/AT-KHMW-MK-ID60488-rv.jpg.f0d850a9024be33af763f7c8838641dc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>To my (admittedly) amateur eyes, all pictured specimens appear to have been struck from the same reverse die; one of the strongest similarities is the &quot;I&quot; in &quot;PRINCIPI&quot; running strongly into the &quot;C&quot;, which is visible even on the heavily worn Wildwinds coin. But I would like to get opinions from my fellow CoinTalk members.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would also like some feedback on whether or not my coin is an <i>obverse</i> die match to the Vienna coin, as well. (I think it is.) Here is an obverse comparison:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_06/trajan_italia_rest.jpg.a84cc96a653e46fc03767ce5785ac38c.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_06/trajan_italia_rest.jpg.a84cc96a653e46fc03767ce5785ac38c.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_06/trajan_italia_rest.jpg.a84cc96a653e46fc03767ce5785ac38c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>For the obverse I&#039;m looking at the &quot;AVGGER&quot; section above Trajan&#039;s head: the style and positions of the &quot;G&quot;s, the funky looking &quot;E&quot; on mine seems to be the same on the Vienna coin; and on both specimens the &quot;R&quot; seems to run into Trajan&#039;s laurel wreath. Also, the shape, proportion, and position of the bust, as well as other details.</p><p><br /></p><p>To summarize, I&#039;m asking the following questions:</p><p><br /></p><p>In your opinion(s),</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Are all the pictured as/dupondius reverses struck with the same die?</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Is my coin a double-die match to the Vienna/Woytek coin? </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_06/OIP(2).jpg.d0ebe4c207848911fcc8a82b0029acf2.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_06/OIP(2).jpg.d0ebe4c207848911fcc8a82b0029acf2.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_06/OIP(2).jpg.d0ebe4c207848911fcc8a82b0029acf2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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