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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2242246, member: 31620&quot;]I do keep my eyes open for this obverse die as it is one of those oddities that appears to be COS and little or no evidence of any trailing I or Is.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In discussing this obverse die with Curtis Clay he is of the opinion that it should be allocated to the COS II issue. He has seen a small number of them in hand, some in decent condition and is of the opinion that the two small black shadows on my following coin are evidence of two very feint Is.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064jm_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The above coin doesn&#039;t help with the die state but is strongly suspect that the die was failing in multiple areas. The area of hair above the ear and into the laurel wreath is certainly progressively weak with my example below being the best preserved version of this area of die that I have seen and is likely fairly early in the life of the die but even then shoes some issues in the hair in this area.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20064fj%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Neither example really helps with the legend area that you raise above as the areas of legend are largely off flan. My third example doesn&#039;t seem to help either I am afraid.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_064mh_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Regards,</p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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