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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2025833, member: 31620&quot;]I have a couple of hundred Eastern mint denarii that deserve to be taken out and their photos retaken. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just to illustrate that it isn&#039;t just the COS mint that made such errors (I have a few more I could use to illustrate COS errors too) I thought I would take the opportunity to show you some Eastern IMP mint errors....</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– L SEPT SEV PE-RET AVG IMP II, laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– IOBI(sic.) VICTO, Jupiter seated left, Victory in right hand, scepter in left</p><p>Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 194-195</p><p>Reference:– BMCRE -. RSC -. RIC -.</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 454 note, RSC note and BMCRE W431 note have a similar reverse legend - IOBI VICT, citing Cohen 247 note (Vienna)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064kl_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– L SEPT SEV P-ERET AVG IMP I-I, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– FORT R-D-EVC, Fortuna standing left holding cornucopiae in each hand</p><p>Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare. A.D. 194</p><p>Reference:– RIC -. RSC-. BMCRE -. No examples in the Reka-Devnia hoard</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI%20064hj%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– L SEPT SEV P-ERTE AVG IMP - II, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– FORT R-DVC, Fortuna (Hilaritas), standing front, head left, holding long palm and cornucopiae</p><p>Minted in Laodicea-ad-Mare, A.D. 194</p><p>References:– RIC 453 var. (Scarce), RSC 157</p><p><br /></p><p>The lines visible on the field of the coin may signify some filing applied to the freshly prepaired die. A circle is also visible which is probably a guide line for the engraving of the legend.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI%20064be%20img~0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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