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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2713672, member: 19463"]Are you ruling out LEG II ITAL? You need to find a reverse die match to know. Unfortunately the style standards used on the various legions' coins was not consistent so you need the die match. There are many coins that are not IDed with certainty otherwise. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]613278[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have nothing against part legend coins but I really want the part that is missing to be unimportant with the significant parts for ID nice and clear. For example, I have seen only two full legend examples of the rare LEG XXII PRI and both of them were from the same die (I am aware of three reverse dies for these). I do not own one, yet. Most are IDed certainly by the RI at far right end of the reverse and on a rare coin we might be well advised to take what we can find. A complete set of Legionaries comprised of only full legend coins will take a while to assemble. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]613284[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2713672, member: 19463"]Are you ruling out LEG II ITAL? You need to find a reverse die match to know. Unfortunately the style standards used on the various legions' coins was not consistent so you need the die match. There are many coins that are not IDed with certainty otherwise. [ATTACH=full]613278[/ATTACH] I have nothing against part legend coins but I really want the part that is missing to be unimportant with the significant parts for ID nice and clear. For example, I have seen only two full legend examples of the rare LEG XXII PRI and both of them were from the same die (I am aware of three reverse dies for these). I do not own one, yet. Most are IDed certainly by the RI at far right end of the reverse and on a rare coin we might be well advised to take what we can find. A complete set of Legionaries comprised of only full legend coins will take a while to assemble. [ATTACH=full]613284[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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