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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carausius, post: 2769913, member: 76440&quot;]I think that&#039;s because in many cases the dot (compass point) gets obliterated by the cap.&nbsp; It&#039;s only in the cases where the cap is higher off the anvil, exposing the center, that the dot remains visible.&nbsp; Your&#039;s may very well be a die break or a point where the dot was not fully covered. Again, we see these dots on other RR coins, notably the Antony Legionary denarii, where the dot is sometimes incorporated into the design as a mariner, but other times is left floating in the center of the field if the galley is engraved a bit low.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>See cap on below coin from my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]638495[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>See the below-linked blog of a respected scholar and expert on Roman coins.&nbsp; There is a blog entry from March 17, 2017 on this precise topic.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://brooklynsabbatical.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://brooklynsabbatical.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">https://brooklynsabbatical.wordpress.com/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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