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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4666250, member: 75937&quot;]I have notified [USER=110988]@paulus_dinius[/USER] (Paul Dinsdale) of the existence of this coin and encouraged him to read this thread and he kindly replied. Moreover, he cleared up the confusion about the various bust types. I share, with his permission, the following:</p><p><br /></p><p>Dear Roman Collector,</p><p><br /></p><p>Very many thanks for spotting this very rare coin.&nbsp; I have added the coin into the catalogue with a reference to the discussion board.&nbsp; I am very grateful to you for keeping your eyes open for these rare coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting discussion on the Forum follows the publication of the coin.&nbsp; It shows many of the confusion that frequently occur with head or bust-type descriptions.&nbsp; The descriptions in my catalogue were deliberately chosen to be neutral and avoid as much confusion as possible.&nbsp; The division between the various bust types are usually very clear:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Draped far shoulder</b>:&nbsp; usually a simple loop of fabric before the neck, sometimes with a further fold over the shoulder behind.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Aegis</b>:&nbsp; The loop before the neck is usually deeper and contains a Medusa-head against the shoulder, the aegis is usually fringed with tassels or snakeheads.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Draped</b>: Folded fabric covers the back and chest; the fabric may be parted on the shoulder to reveal either the smooth shoulder or faint indications of further fabric below.&nbsp; Ptergyes, the regular strap-like sections of armour on the shoulder are never present.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Cuirassed</b>:&nbsp; Armour only. The back and chest do not shoulder folded fabric.&nbsp; The back or chest may show smooth (leather) or scale (iron) armour.&nbsp; Broad straps usually extend from front to back over the shoulders. Ptergyes, the regular strap-like sections of armour on the shoulder are always present.&nbsp; The bust may include a small loop of fabric on the rear shoulder.&nbsp; This feature is not always present, and so is not determinative of type – it should not be included in the description as draped or draped l. shoulder as this only leads to confusion.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Draped and cuirassed</b>: Folded fabric covers the back and chest; the fabric is parted to reveal the Ptergyes, the regular strap-like sections of armour on the shoulder.&nbsp; The clear presence of the regular division of the ptergyes are main indicators of this obv. type, and the separation of this type from the draped-only busts.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The bust-type codes in my catalogue were designed specifically for the Antonine coinages.&nbsp; Coins of different periods would require different lists, as in the different volumes of RIC.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>One of the participants of the discussion mentions punctuation within legends.&nbsp; This is one of the major black-holes of coin collecting / cataloguing.&nbsp; All indications show that there was no agreed principals as to when, where, or even if punctuation was used by the ancient die-engravers.&nbsp; It varied from die-to-die even within the same issue.&nbsp; Also, as a very small feature, it is often one of the most frequently lost through wear or corrosion.&nbsp; It therefore cannot be determinative of type – i.e. the broad outlines of design and legends that informed the production of a particular issue.&nbsp; Type catalogues, like RIC and my listings, do not generally notice the punctuation.&nbsp; The punctuation of the legends in RIC and Cohen is modern.&nbsp; Specimen catalogues, like BMCRE and Hunter, have a different intention.&nbsp; They sent out to document every specimen in their collections, and so punctuation is important as showing where different dies have been used to produce coins of the same Type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks once again to the Aurelius coin – I have added it into the lists.</p><p><br /></p><p>All the best</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul</p><p><br /></p><p>He has added [USER=15588]@ewomack[/USER] &#039;s coin to <a href="http://romanpaulus.x10host.com/Marcus/08%20-%20Marcus%20Aurelius%20-%20TR%20POT%20XVII%20Period,%20162-163%20%28med_res%29.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://romanpaulus.x10host.com/Marcus/08%20-%20Marcus%20Aurelius%20-%20TR%20POT%20XVII%20Period,%20162-163%20%28med_res%29.pdf" rel="nofollow">his book</a> as number 011710.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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