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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2163491, member: 19463&quot;]Mikey Zee&#039;s Mars with a chunk missing is one I would like (preferably with the chunk intact if possible).&nbsp; It is part of the Rome mint AEQVITI series along with the three I show below. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]416824[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]416826[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]416825[/ATTACH]</p><p>Each mintmark begins with R for Roma and ends with the Greek numeral for the workshop.&nbsp; Mikey&#039;s is Gamma for 3; mine show B, delta and Z for 2, 4 and 7 respectively.&nbsp; In the middle is a code letter being the letters that spell the word AEQVITI used in order one per coin.&nbsp; We are missing coins that would have mintmarks RAA, RIE and RTS.&nbsp; Do any of you have them? </p><p><br /></p><p>Ticinum mint has a similar and more common series based on only six workshops.&nbsp; They started with AEQVIT leaving off the repeated I but later changed the word to EQVITI omitting the lead A.&nbsp; This lead modern collectors and scholars to debate the meaning of the word since the A would make us think of &#039;fairness&#039; while the E start makes the word &#039;horsemen&#039; or &#039;equestrians&#039;.&nbsp; I doubt we can prove this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>I once intended tho fill out my set (I have the Ticinum E series (and have a page on my site on them) but only the three Romes and not one of the Ticinum A series.&nbsp; I have to admit I have not been actively searching but every so often I see a coin from the series and check to see if it is one I lack.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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