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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2723900, member: 19463"]I don't have one of these but there is a stander.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]617790[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I did once get into a 'discussion' with an expert who claimed that the dots were meaningless and just placed on the dies to fill spaces. I did not buy it then; I do not buy it now. I have no idea what the dots mean. I found the one below interesting since the dot is in the middle of the word MONETA,E rather than between or at the end. If this were just decorative, I'd expect the E and the dot to have switched places.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]617789[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Another variation is this Spes with the same dot before E situation.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]617792[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm sure there is something I'm missing here. </p><p><br /></p><p>I feel your pain. I have not added many coins to my Eastern Severan collection for about 15 years now. Someone else has been buying them all. I need to find a new specialty that is of interest to no one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2723900, member: 19463"]I don't have one of these but there is a stander. [ATTACH=full]617790[/ATTACH] I did once get into a 'discussion' with an expert who claimed that the dots were meaningless and just placed on the dies to fill spaces. I did not buy it then; I do not buy it now. I have no idea what the dots mean. I found the one below interesting since the dot is in the middle of the word MONETA,E rather than between or at the end. If this were just decorative, I'd expect the E and the dot to have switched places. [ATTACH=full]617789[/ATTACH] Another variation is this Spes with the same dot before E situation. [ATTACH=full]617792[/ATTACH] I'm sure there is something I'm missing here. I feel your pain. I have not added many coins to my Eastern Severan collection for about 15 years now. Someone else has been buying them all. I need to find a new specialty that is of interest to no one.[/QUOTE]
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