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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2099321, member: 19463&quot;]The variations of Fortuna from Laodicea seem endless.&nbsp; I have many fewer than Martin but find some interesting.&nbsp; For some reason I always bought more of the Emesa coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Normal IMP II with&nbsp; the Hilaritas version Fortuna</p><p>[ATTACH=full]394498[/ATTACH] </p><p>One I of IMP II relocated to other side of bust point and reverse is spelled RDEVC.&nbsp; PERT is PERET.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]394499[/ATTACH] </p><p>Now both I&#039;s are over there; Fortuna sits with rudder but still uses RDEVC.&nbsp; PERT is PERET.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]394500[/ATTACH] </p><p>Standing, we lose the D altogether leaving REVC.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]394501[/ATTACH] </p><p>This is an IMPVIII coin.&nbsp; There are no IMPVI coins but some dies lost the extra I&#039;s to the other side of the bust and off flan.&nbsp; I have this die with a non-Fortuna reverse with all the I&#039;s but only Fortunas get shown here.&nbsp; The reverse is normal.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]394502[/ATTACH] </p><p>The obverse splits off only one of the final I&#039;s but the odd part is SEV has become SEVER. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]394503[/ATTACH] </p><p>A bit crowded but the entire VIII is forced in the space.&nbsp; The reverse figure traded her rudder for a second cornucopia.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]394504[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no idea how many minor variations of these things there are.&nbsp; There once was &#039;discussion&#039; on the existence of the IMP date numerals but I believe all concerned now accept that there are only IMP II and IMPVIII coins.&nbsp; The rest are misreadings based on separated one or two final strokes.&nbsp; The last two coins are later and have the broad flans that we find more often on the even later &#039;New Style&#039; Laodicea coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; In general I start the term &#039;New Style&#039; in the middle of IMP VIII when the mint started using a different set of reverses matching those from Rome rather that the Old Style types as seen on the Emesa coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>To me the big question is how many mints were are dealing with here starting with the Emesa obverses ending in AVG&nbsp; and progressing through the end of New Style Laodicea which has SEVERVS PIVS AVG obverses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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