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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4640863, member: 19463&quot;]Caracalla and Julia Domna Markianopolis 5 assaria /Tyche</p><p>Unfortunately this example loses all but part of the IO from Julia&#039;s name.&nbsp; In a classic example of &#039;Plan Ahea<font size="1">d</font><font size="4">&#039;, the end of the reverse legend would have run into the start so they stopped one letter short and placed a dot there putting the final N under the patera.&nbsp; I would have crowded it in where the dot is but I wasn&#039;t there to tell them ho to do their business. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1146876[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The same pair appear on this very slightly later coin (dated by Julia&#039;s hair) but this time the space fell two letters short so omega and nu appear in the field and there as no dot to separate the start from the finish.&nbsp; Most of these coins show the bust of Serapis facing right and do not reverse the denomination mark E as on this die.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1146879[/ATTACH]</p><p>Both of these coins date to after Geta died so there are no Markianopolis facing bust coins with Julia and Geta.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is, however, the tetradrachm from Alexandria showing Julia on the obverse and both sons on the reverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1146883[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Dynastic denarii and aurei exist but I have none.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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