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Message:: [QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5242089, member: 110350"]I agree that it's a reverse die match. Even if the O is slightly different -- and I'm not entirely convinced it is -- that could just mean (as [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] points out) that the die was reworked at some point.  Two different dies, engraved separately, could not possibly be so identical in all other respects. According to Crawford, there are 378 different reverse dies in total for this type (No. 364), including all of its several different varieties, differing in the existence or placement of the control-mark (e.g., on the obverse vs. on the reverse). When present, the control-marks always consist of the letters of the Latin alphabet. The coin in the OP appears to be variety 364/1d. As simple arithmetic dictates (even assuming that the complete alphabet was used over several times with different placement), "each control-mark may have several dies, as may be documented from any large collection." (Crawford Vol. I p. 379.) I do not see this variety of Crawford 364 in the Schaefer RRDP [Roman Republican Die Project] index at CRRO, either in the binders or in the processed clippings.[/QUOTE]