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<p>[QUOTE="KIWITI, post: 2646653, member: 75018"]Stars usually represent something out of the ordinary, but sometimes they don´t. Your coin in particular has a specific "ADVENTVS AVG" reverse, which clearly means the emperor is coming to town. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some other case is when a workshop is coining with, say, "VESTA" reverse and they have to produce extra coinage for some reason, then they would stick to "VESTA" as mark of their workshop for this period, but add a star in field to keep record that it belongs to an additional output.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KIWITI, post: 2646653, member: 75018"]Stars usually represent something out of the ordinary, but sometimes they don´t. Your coin in particular has a specific "ADVENTVS AVG" reverse, which clearly means the emperor is coming to town. Some other case is when a workshop is coining with, say, "VESTA" reverse and they have to produce extra coinage for some reason, then they would stick to "VESTA" as mark of their workshop for this period, but add a star in field to keep record that it belongs to an additional output.[/QUOTE]
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