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<p>[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 2965945, member: 31620"]Spot on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius</p><p>Obv:– IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAN AVG, Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– P M TR P II COS, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder set on globe and cornucopia; star to left</p><p>Minted in Antioch, Issue 3, A.D. 223</p><p>Reference(s) – RIC IV 268 var (obverse legend, normal legend is C). RSC 237 var</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC makes mention of a coin of the same type from the previous issue (Issue 2) being known with ALEXAN but I cannot find this in BMCRE. Another example but from a different die pair sold by CNG in 2009 - <a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=152502" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=152502" rel="nofollow">https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=152502</a></p><p><a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=152502" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=152502" rel="nofollow"></a></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 2965945, member: 31620"]Spot on. Denarius Obv:– IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAN AVG, Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right Rev:– P M TR P II COS, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder set on globe and cornucopia; star to left Minted in Antioch, Issue 3, A.D. 223 Reference(s) – RIC IV 268 var (obverse legend, normal legend is C). RSC 237 var RIC makes mention of a coin of the same type from the previous issue (Issue 2) being known with ALEXAN but I cannot find this in BMCRE. Another example but from a different die pair sold by CNG in 2009 - [url]https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=152502[/url] [URL='https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=152502'][/URL] Martin[/QUOTE]
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