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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 24629020, member: 135271&quot;]*** UPDATE ***</p><p><br /></p><p>Since the last time I posted here, I&#039;ve been doing a little more digging, trying to uncover more information about additional specimens (both As and Dupondius) for die comparison. I also wanted to know exactly which coins were cited in Strack (the only reference besides Woytek given for the As). Plus I wanted to learn more about the history behind the type itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve made some progress, but am finding myself stuck again. So...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_06/Screenshot2023-06-26203452.jpg.ae48d057d4ed8d3071bdddcf86478e77.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve emailed the Munich Collection information mailbox three, four times now asking about the coin in their collection, which is the fourth and final 367b specimen I&#039;ve yet to see photos of. So far, no response. I guess I will keep trying.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also reached out to David Sear, and he <i>very kindly</i> offered to look the coin up for me in Strack, and sent some pictures of the relevant page. I can&#039;t thank him enough for taking the time to help me out on this! The coin is No. 412, towards the bottom of the page:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_06/unnamed.jpg.244b1761b35d03cefa4a8e4628307a79.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And a picture explaining some of the abbreviations:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_06/unnamed(1).jpg.2621ad1bb813792736f3be66a02b5373.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, on line 412 there is the abbreviation &quot;MuW&quot; which, I take it, stands for &quot;Munchen Staatliches Munzkabinett&quot; and the W &quot;Wien Staatliches Munzkabinett&quot; - i.e., Munich and Vienna, which are the coins cited in Woytek.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, there is a big jumble of abbreviations and symbols right above - LW?Fi( )BPNa( ) - with what look like Greek letters with subscripts in parentheses. Does <i>anyone </i>know what this is supposed to mean? David Sear agreed that Strack&#039;s notations could be confusing and he said he would get back to me if he found out anything more.</p><p><br /></p><p>But in the meantime, what do you make of it? Can anyone here reveal the mystery?</p><p><br /></p><p>ALSO, I have acquired photos of two more of the 8 dupondii cited by Woytek, bring my total to five. One of them is pretty worn, but from what I can tell, they seem to be die-matches with all the others - what do you think?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://content.invisioncic.com/k321387/monthly_2023_06/diecomparisons.jpg.cdcda6b47ff0347fbc291c411485f776.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again for all your help![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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