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<p>[QUOTE="curtislclay, post: 4730845, member: 89514"]Julius Germanicus,</p><p><br /></p><p>In my article I estimated that the long beard might have been introduced on Macrinus' coinage c. 1 Sept. 217. So the scarce dies with medium beard were probably all engraved in c. August 2017. However some of these dies were not immediately withdrawn, but remained in use even after the introduction of the long beard. One middle-bearded As obv. die, for example, is attested coupled with the titles TR P II COS II of early 218. Your obv. die is known to me coupled only with two undated ANNONA AVG rev. dies, as on your coin. So we can't tell whether this obv. die was used only in c. August 217 and was then withdrawn, or might have continued in use a couple of months longer, like the other middle-bearded As die that was still being used early in 218.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="curtislclay, post: 4730845, member: 89514"]Julius Germanicus, In my article I estimated that the long beard might have been introduced on Macrinus' coinage c. 1 Sept. 217. So the scarce dies with medium beard were probably all engraved in c. August 2017. However some of these dies were not immediately withdrawn, but remained in use even after the introduction of the long beard. One middle-bearded As obv. die, for example, is attested coupled with the titles TR P II COS II of early 218. Your obv. die is known to me coupled only with two undated ANNONA AVG rev. dies, as on your coin. So we can't tell whether this obv. die was used only in c. August 217 and was then withdrawn, or might have continued in use a couple of months longer, like the other middle-bearded As die that was still being used early in 218.[/QUOTE]
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