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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2944419, member: 31620&quot;]I agree with your reading of the legends. The PER-T legend break is unusual but not unheard of in this series.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bust doesn&#039;t match any that I am aware of for the IMP VIII series. There is quite a variety but this one is more odd than most. I have 43 examples from this issue and try to keep track of as many as I can. The die doesn&#039;t appear in my collection nor in the BM collection of another 35 coins from this series.</p><p><br /></p><p>The depiction of Victory is also quite different to any other of the IMP VIII series coins that I am aware of. All the ones that I have seen have their wing raised as on my example below. Mine is slightly different in that the engraver forgot to engrave the palm that should be held in Victory&#039;s left hand.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI%20064ie%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would think it a contemporary barbarous imatation from style. Others might disagree. I know that Roma numismatics called an obverse die match RIC 485 when they sold it earlier this year. I was not convinced then because there were too many things that didn&#039;t quite fit in terms of style and execution.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3577152" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3577152" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3577152</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It has a reverse from a different die in similar style to yours and is OICTOR AVG. </p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3577152" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3577152" rel="nofollow"></a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]717602[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Regards,</p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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