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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 4612711, member: 80783&quot;]Sorry for the VERY late reply, but I just noticed that the second of the ANS specimens you mentioned (supposed to be from the Rome mint, but underweight like my coin) looks very much like a die match to my coin!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142429[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142428[/ATTACH]</p><p>PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA - Bust draped right</p><p>PIETAS AVGG S C: Pietas standing right, holding vertical sceptre and child at breast</p><p>As, Rome (?) AD 202 - 204</p><p>23,0 mm / 6,27 gr</p><p>BMC 323.804, RIC IV Caracalla 581 (as)</p><p><br /></p><p>What does this mean?</p><p>1) Is the ANS coin an (ancient) cast itself from the same prototype as my OP coin?</p><p>2) Is the ANS coin indeed an official product of the roman mint and my coin a cast from a coin of the same pair of (official roman) dies? (that would be an interesting insight into the work of the &quot;Limes&quot;-coin producers!)</p><p>3) Could both coins be official products from the same pair of dies (I doubt it)?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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