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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 2669045, member: 83956&quot;]So I&#039;ve never been able to spot die matches. It was always mystifying to me to see how other collectors could casually and with confidence quickly identify die matches or links. And I don&#039;t have any fancy photo software to superimpose images to help confirm die matches.</p><p><br /></p><p>But in continuing to catalogue this university gift, I was researching my coin (top) and ran across this coin from an old Roma auction (bottom). It seems so close in so many details that I&#039;m wondering if it&#039;s a die match.</p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly, it&#039;s probably so &quot;off&quot; that I&#039;m just embarrassing myself with the suggestion. But it&#039;s how we learn.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, die match, yes or no? And, perhaps more importantly, how can we tell?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]593849[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>EMPEROR:</b> Caracalla</p><p><b>REIGNED: </b>198-217 A.D.</p><p><b>TYPE:</b> AE 26 mm; Thrace; Provincial Bronze of Hadrianopolis</p><p><b>SIZE: </b>26.32 mm.</p><p><b>WEIGHT: </b>13.49 g.</p><p><b>DIE AXIS: </b>180°</p><p><b>OBVERSE: </b>ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ CΕV ΑΝΤ; Laureate bust right.</p><p><b>REVERSE: </b>ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ; Naked figure of Apollo standing left, holding patera and branch, lit altar to left at feet.</p><p><b>REFERENCES: </b>Varbanov 3447 ; Moushmov 2610?</p><p><b>NOTES: </b>Some catalogues suggest the reverse figure is Bonus Eventus, not Apollo.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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