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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 2944819, member: 36818&quot;]I am the owner of the OICTOR coin to which maridvnvm is referring. As he mentioned, Roma didn&#039;t notice the misspelling of the reverse legend and attributed the coin as RIC 485. Probably an imitation, but as Doug Smith pointed out, there is no way to know with 100% certainty that these coins aren&#039;t the product of some other minor mint. However, I acknowledge maridvnvm&#039;s in-depth information of the Laodicean dies as compelling evidence that the OICTOR coin is likely not from the same mint. maridvnvm, thank you very much for sharing your knowledge! </p><p><br /></p><p>Yet the style is similar enough to Laodicea that it does seem to be imitating that mint, or alternatively, if it is the official product of some other mint, its artistic style has characteristics of, or is derived from, the region within which the Laodicea mint was located. I have the OICTOR coin listed in my own catalogue as cf. RIC 485.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am always interested in identifying die links with coins in my own collection, so I&#039;m glad to know about yours. The two coins share the same obverse die, which I also read as L SEPT SEV PER – T AVG IMP VIII. They share the same reverse type, but with the legend on yours spelled correctly, and the legend on mine misspelled. And as maridvnvm noted, both have the downturned wings!</p><p><br /></p><p>I am in the process of photographing my entire collection, but haven&#039;t gotten to the OICTOR coin yet. When I do I will be sure to post it to this thread, as the color on the Roma photo is a bit on the red side.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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