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Message:: [QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2470209, member: 19463"]There are so many variations of these mid period Rome mint denarii and so few people specializing in them (most of us seem to like the Easterns) that we may not see many offered for a reason other than scarcity.  This was a period of poor workmanship at the mint.  Full legend, well struck coins are probably under 1% of those surviving.  People not trying to get them all are not willing to pay for coins like yours and my TR P V below which are probably better than average but nothing to interest the high grade crowd. [ATTACH=full]519398[/ATTACH] In addition to Pax, these dated coins come in several other reverses.  With so many permutations of IMP and TRP numbers and many reverses not all that special, demand is under supply. I mentioned workmanship was poor in this period.  Below is a full legend IMP VIII, TRP V Fortuna from the series but the IMP VIII falls boldly across Fortuna's face and flat were it belonged on the obverse due to a flipover double strike.   Centering is nice but mentioning that under the circumstances is just plain ridiculous. [ATTACH=full]519403[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]