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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8231963, member: 110226&quot;]Thanks</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the OP coin generally doesn&#039;t have the roughness that one would expect of this type.&nbsp; I do notice that there is a dot between ATN and AVG, but I have seen this variety online, including Bing&#039;s third posted coin.&nbsp; There are stylistic differences in the lettering and eagle, to name two.&nbsp; The eagle&#039;s head on mine seems closer to a duck&#039;s, but again I see variation with that as well.&nbsp; The styles of the standards, particularly the ornaments differ, but that also occurs from coin to coin within a given legion.</p><p><br /></p><p>One theory concerning these legionary denarii is that the basic dies were created in quantity without the legion legend, which was added later to produce coins for each legion, based on need.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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