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<p>[QUOTE="barnaba6, post: 8340203, member: 115816"]Hi Martin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Great addition indeed! Congratulations! It is very interesting that you found the same obverse die with a spelling error but from two different officinae. I don;t recall ever finding a die match among different officinae. To my knowledge the dies were not shared between officiane, rather each officina had its own set of dies. It is also the opinion of the leading scholars on Probus. So your discovery is truly fascinating!</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, I had the privilege to own the Gysen error example for more than two years (I have sold it recently however):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/items/181884/coins-antique-to-roman-republican-imperial-probus-bastien-154-ar-sic-sold" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/items/181884/coins-antique-to-roman-republican-imperial-probus-bastien-154-ar-sic-sold" rel="nofollow">https://www.colleconline.com/en/items/181884/coins-antique-to-roman-republican-imperial-probus-bastien-154-ar-sic-sold</a></p><p><br /></p><p>regards,</p><p><br /></p><p>Barnaba[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="barnaba6, post: 8340203, member: 115816"]Hi Martin. Great addition indeed! Congratulations! It is very interesting that you found the same obverse die with a spelling error but from two different officinae. I don;t recall ever finding a die match among different officinae. To my knowledge the dies were not shared between officiane, rather each officina had its own set of dies. It is also the opinion of the leading scholars on Probus. So your discovery is truly fascinating! By the way, I had the privilege to own the Gysen error example for more than two years (I have sold it recently however): [URL]https://www.colleconline.com/en/items/181884/coins-antique-to-roman-republican-imperial-probus-bastien-154-ar-sic-sold[/URL] regards, Barnaba[/QUOTE]
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