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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2167139, member: 31620&quot;]Probus used VII too...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20132nv%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin reads IV but is actually VI in error. They never used IV for 4 on officina marks.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI%20132si%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Lugdunum systematically used some officina letters in retrograde, they simply happen far too often to be the oocasional engravers error. We have no idea why.</p><p><br /></p><p>Retrograde C</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI%20132rw%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Retrograde D</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20132cs%20img~0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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