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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1857264, member: 19463&quot;]Notice also that Fortuna varies in ways other than legend and whether she sits or stands.&nbsp;&nbsp; Most have a cornucopia and rudder but my seated one has a long palm instead of a rudder.&nbsp; Of course she also stands with the palm.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]311412[/ATTACH] </p><p>Besides the rudder and palm options we see a branch with or without fruit </p><p>(berries???) </p><p>[ATTACH=full]311413[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]311409[/ATTACH] </p><p>and one with a round thing (fruit, baseball??).&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]311410[/ATTACH] </p><p>Sometimes we get the Fortuna legend with a figure usually considered to be Pietas sacrificing over a lighted altar.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]311411[/ATTACH] </p><p>I see no reason that we might not find any of these variations used with a Julia obverse.&nbsp;&nbsp; This huge array of minor variations is part of the appeal of collecting this series.&nbsp; There may be types that now exist in only one copy and there are certainly variations that once existed but are now lost to time.&nbsp; A collector will also have to decide just how minor a variation is too minor to be of interest.&nbsp; I&#039;d be interested in knowing how many entries would be in a new RIC recording all minute variations that are known today (tomorrow may be different).&nbsp; 1000? 5000?&nbsp; More?</p><p><br /></p><p>This collection specialty will require that we get use to the idea that we will never have the complete set.&nbsp; Some of the bigger collections have been broken up with some of their highlights ending up in other big collections but I have to wonder if Randy&#039;s coin is a fresh find or something that somehow made the rounds to a shop in Arizona after being split from one of the disbursed groups.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Some of you have referred to collecting ancient coins as the &quot;Darkside&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; Be warned that there are a few thousand specialties that are so dimly known as to make the mainstream Darkside look brilliant.&nbsp; Eastern Severans is just one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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