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<p>[QUOTE="akeady, post: 8190882, member: 83175"]It's an interesting series - with serrated and non-serrated coins (Cr. 407/1 & Cr. 407/2). The styles are quite different too. The serrated flans are larger and the dies used for them have a larger, lower relief head of Diana than the dies used for the non-serrated coins. The obverse legend elements GETA and III VIR are on opposite sides for the two issues - i.e. the serrated coins have GETA on the left of the bust, while it's on the right for the non-serrated coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a very rare variety which has the non-serrated legend arrangement but is struck on a serrated flan. In "The RBW Collection of Roman Republican Coins", there is a note on this intermediate type which I will just photograph:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-leergKlmZaqZw3N-X4lHsd5eUd4t2qsJ84n5E9V7FV7l79Ih7IgKMekcJOT8RpHAAbgjlJ8IxDJazTiRn6OXpgIJ_uFbnANm0Cc8oLOzP_jl6AU1ppi_MFmtERerv4AjVYaVHuv0NYdK-GrxGnmD0oYXvJoH2_LKYwJRYMxNo4sc4dcOdfLCTQ5fyN4n2vmCrtsfun0hy4519Hu6qo_BSnSZrObi502gQfwMOE78CVUa4IMhgUUYmV37swKjl49GlklOTnY-6BZ749jXJgvmYxWFWsKMYAX0qOrZXaAwIbPqxFJJqKa4PVAu3hVIM80-sd9Tdk7xgjdjgJvVnNQVMc0jtUY29m-YOKKPiBmzcXpxp39YQHBDazxOzHeQWTwTgxw4AFdXg3JlH7EtxedXBxtoAp7ZmLMa3s9SdNdFalQQMT-fg0TA28XCEOjfvm_XEKx3I7WX8PQcsc4jgBx51leS70LybkWUizEKAhIHT-ULTCRLYMxtonR3QWPOoVUSsF-rHkMoxhw9mDFxTZlf8frc-redQLcQZmOIB70kgE9owi_03tMfc-qWJvifhHFPiHetoXZlVRnmm-w_5KB9Uwx5RoPY7N6SxkRLHGKk-tVtGnVch_jorapazWYYBBim3xjrpTMpTb634qN6fHsej8tbzwTDzgL8fK1LArtt9YEWlgPQCdvwc2o-yuh0Ued3Qz2WhlI7dpy7ivW7lmHqF_Wpg=w3141-h600-no?authuser=0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="akeady, post: 8190882, member: 83175"]It's an interesting series - with serrated and non-serrated coins (Cr. 407/1 & Cr. 407/2). The styles are quite different too. The serrated flans are larger and the dies used for them have a larger, lower relief head of Diana than the dies used for the non-serrated coins. The obverse legend elements GETA and III VIR are on opposite sides for the two issues - i.e. the serrated coins have GETA on the left of the bust, while it's on the right for the non-serrated coins. There is a very rare variety which has the non-serrated legend arrangement but is struck on a serrated flan. In "The RBW Collection of Roman Republican Coins", there is a note on this intermediate type which I will just photograph: [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-leergKlmZaqZw3N-X4lHsd5eUd4t2qsJ84n5E9V7FV7l79Ih7IgKMekcJOT8RpHAAbgjlJ8IxDJazTiRn6OXpgIJ_uFbnANm0Cc8oLOzP_jl6AU1ppi_MFmtERerv4AjVYaVHuv0NYdK-GrxGnmD0oYXvJoH2_LKYwJRYMxNo4sc4dcOdfLCTQ5fyN4n2vmCrtsfun0hy4519Hu6qo_BSnSZrObi502gQfwMOE78CVUa4IMhgUUYmV37swKjl49GlklOTnY-6BZ749jXJgvmYxWFWsKMYAX0qOrZXaAwIbPqxFJJqKa4PVAu3hVIM80-sd9Tdk7xgjdjgJvVnNQVMc0jtUY29m-YOKKPiBmzcXpxp39YQHBDazxOzHeQWTwTgxw4AFdXg3JlH7EtxedXBxtoAp7ZmLMa3s9SdNdFalQQMT-fg0TA28XCEOjfvm_XEKx3I7WX8PQcsc4jgBx51leS70LybkWUizEKAhIHT-ULTCRLYMxtonR3QWPOoVUSsF-rHkMoxhw9mDFxTZlf8frc-redQLcQZmOIB70kgE9owi_03tMfc-qWJvifhHFPiHetoXZlVRnmm-w_5KB9Uwx5RoPY7N6SxkRLHGKk-tVtGnVch_jorapazWYYBBim3xjrpTMpTb634qN6fHsej8tbzwTDzgL8fK1LArtt9YEWlgPQCdvwc2o-yuh0Ued3Qz2WhlI7dpy7ivW7lmHqF_Wpg=w3141-h600-no?authuser=0[/IMG] ATB, Aidan.[/QUOTE]
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