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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;YOC, post: 2457400, member: 58941&quot;]We have all been guilty of a mis ID when it comes to ancient coins...</p><p>Its usually because they are worn and/or legends are missing and we revert to our trained eyes!&nbsp; Remarkably, even with these hurdles to jump, some experienced members on this forum can still nail the attribution.....</p><p>Some rulers look very similar when portrayed on coins and so can often be mistaken for one another....I was experiencing this recently when sorting through a large group of several thousand antoninianus.&nbsp; Admittedly, the quantity and speed I was initially sorting them at were my biggest foes and under closer scrutiny and with experience they are relatively easy to tell apart......</p><p>I was about to take pictures of them for this thread, but then an &#039;experienced&#039; ebay seller messed up and did it for me!!</p><p>Post your often mistaken for pairings...............</p><p>see the listing here</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-Ants-of-Victorinus-/152141379165?hash=item236c55365d:g:u-wAAOSwGIRXbCgI" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-Ants-of-Victorinus-/152141379165?hash=item236c55365d:g:u-wAAOSwGIRXbCgI" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-Ants-of-Victorinus-/152141379165?hash=item236c55365d:g:u-wAAOSwGIRXbCgI</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]514519[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]514521[/ATTACH]</p><p>TETRICUS I and VICTORINUS[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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