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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2242228, member: 31620&quot;]I will break this into two responses. The first on the Fortuna - Pietas reverse.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The coin illustrated by Doug (which I allocate to COS II which I will explain later) has the reverse legend FORTVNA REDVCI. The length of the legend is of interest as I believe that in general these legends shorten over time for this issue. This hypothesis is generally unproven and I will see if I can back it up with evidence at some future time.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think that I can pre-date Doug&#039;s coin with a COS I coin with a longer reverse legend of FORTVNAE REDVCI, which is one of the listed COS I variants in RIC, RIC Page 139 (5). Barry Murphy illustrates another example from the same die pair on his website.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064ef_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I only have the FORTVNA REDVCI with the full COS II obverse legend. Both intriguingly have SE dot V.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064nj_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064gf_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Barry Murphy illustrates the following example on his website which I would place slightly earlier than both of mine based on the bust style.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/images/Severan/Emesa/10600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The FORTVN REDVC.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064lh_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064dc_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;Barry Murphy has the following example on his website</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/images/Severan/Emesa/10601.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The same reverse type is known from the IMP issues but would appear to be relatively scarcer. FORT REDVC. BMC W444, RIC 479B (R2), RSC 168c. My example illustrated below.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20064bo%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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