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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 5191094, member: 91820&quot;]A bit late responding here - I have never searched but have yet to come across a Caracalla sestertius like this - I do know that Caracalla “ Divvus” coins are ridiculously rare - I have seen this only a few. As for die cutters I can only find two distinct type for the late coins of Caracalla - the so called Master and one other. Is it possible that so many coins could be struck if the mint had only two die cutters? I sort of recall a listing of the number of employees or slaves at the mint but I do not recall where or for what time period. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is a painting from Pompeii that shows coin making by sprites or some other magical creature - I ran across it once and was never able to find it again. Sometimes you find things like that - for example the description of the types of coinage in Pliny’s Natural History that should be referenced in coin books but never are. I wonder if collectors are aware of these.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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