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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8084612, member: 85693"]I'm a bit slow on the uptake here, but although my photos are too poor to show it, the Wildwinds example actually has <i>two </i>variations in the obverse legend, the missing "L" which you noticed, and an extra G at the end:</p><p><br /></p><p>Wildwinds: IMP C M OPE<b>L</b> SEV MACRINVS AV</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine: IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS AV<b>G</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>It is too bad RPC Online hasn't covered Macrinus yet - from my limited experience with that site (and my rather poor navigating skills there), I'm pretty sure they would assign a separate number for a head/cuirassed bust variance. Sometimes they do "blend" minor legend differences (ligatures, extra or dropped letters, etc.) without creating a new number.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I decided to look for obverse die matches on acsearch, and if not a die match, it is pretty close - same legends, and the same bump on the bottom of the bust running into the IMP. But this has a Fortuna reverse (Leu): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404440[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7645756" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7645756" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7645756</a></p><p>Roma tried to sell the same coin: <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5160091" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5160091" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5160091</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Side-by-side poor quality photos:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404439[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's another possibility, Emperor standing with Nike reverse: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404446[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1840592" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1840592" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1840592</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And side by side:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404445[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Hmmm. Mine definitely seems like a viable bust/legend type for Deultum, possibly even a die match. I just can't seem to find a Dionysos. The search continues...</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again for your help.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8084612, member: 85693"]I'm a bit slow on the uptake here, but although my photos are too poor to show it, the Wildwinds example actually has [I]two [/I]variations in the obverse legend, the missing "L" which you noticed, and an extra G at the end: Wildwinds: IMP C M OPE[B]L[/B] SEV MACRINVS AV Mine: IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS AV[B]G [/B] It is too bad RPC Online hasn't covered Macrinus yet - from my limited experience with that site (and my rather poor navigating skills there), I'm pretty sure they would assign a separate number for a head/cuirassed bust variance. Sometimes they do "blend" minor legend differences (ligatures, extra or dropped letters, etc.) without creating a new number. So I decided to look for obverse die matches on acsearch, and if not a die match, it is pretty close - same legends, and the same bump on the bottom of the bust running into the IMP. But this has a Fortuna reverse (Leu): [ATTACH=full]1404440[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7645756[/URL] Roma tried to sell the same coin: [URL]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5160091[/URL] Side-by-side poor quality photos: [ATTACH=full]1404439[/ATTACH] Here's another possibility, Emperor standing with Nike reverse: [ATTACH=full]1404446[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1840592[/URL] And side by side: [ATTACH=full]1404445[/ATTACH] Hmmm. Mine definitely seems like a viable bust/legend type for Deultum, possibly even a die match. I just can't seem to find a Dionysos. The search continues... Thanks again for your help.[/QUOTE]
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