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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3135120, member: 19463&quot;]Going just a bit further,&nbsp; RIC is very poor at listing all the spelling variations mentioned (PERET, PERTE etc.) for every reverse.&nbsp; Martin specializes in the IMP Laodicea series a great deal more than I do.&nbsp; I have more of the COS &#039;Emesa&#039; coins.&nbsp; I believe that, between us, we could show twice the coins listed in RIC for Alexandria, Emesa and Laodicea.&nbsp; It is always a question where to draw the line regarding letter spacings and dots.&nbsp; Should RIC have listed these as they do in some volumes?&nbsp; We are pretty certain that there is a meaning to some or all of these variations but knowing what the meaning is is another matter altogether.&nbsp; There is also the question of where to start calling varietal coins &#039;unofficial&#039; as opposed to official mint errors or variations.&nbsp; We may each have different opinions on some of these matters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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