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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7884578, member: 19463&quot;]13. When I first started collecting Septimius, listings sometimes included coins of Laodicea dated IMP VI. Later it was found that all listings above IMP II and below IMP VIII were misreadings based on the loss of one or more I which had been placed beyond the point of the bust and not well struck.&nbsp; For example, this coin clearly reads IMP VI.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1359927[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>BUT the coin below shares the obverse die and shows the two I&#039;s separated from IMP VI by the point of the bust.&nbsp; There are also IMP VII-I coins where only one I fell beyond the point.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1359928[/ATTACH] </p><p>There are also coins with IMP II with one or both I&#039;s lost in this manner.&nbsp; My best example of this has the II closer to the LSEPT than to IMP.&nbsp; Last I heard, there are still no confirmed readings of Laodicea below IMP VIII except for IMP II.&nbsp;&nbsp; Care must be taken when reading low grade or poorly struck coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1359931[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Please forgive me for showing two backup coins to reinforce the point made by the first coin which is the official #13 in my series for this special month.&nbsp; Sometimes we need to remember that most coins are better understood when taken as a part of the larger group from which they come.&nbsp; That is where museum curators, big dealers and TPG graders have an advantage over the rest of us. There is no education in coins better than handling in person a few hundred thousand actual coins.&nbsp; There is much to be learned from books and photos but these are no substitute for metal to eye contact.&nbsp; That is why I miss coin shows so much.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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