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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Volodya, post: 2445661, member: 19615&quot;]Crawford was the first to notice that a few denarii struck for Sulla by L Manlius Torquatus have numbered reverse dies. He knew of coins bearing VI, IX, XV and XX. I&#039;ve been able to add a fair number of additional dies, including my discovery of control no. I, which, significantly is combined with Crawford 367/1, a very rare legend configuration in which the L M of the moneyer&#039;s name appears <b>behind </b>the head of Roma.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually I&#039;ll get around to posting on this topic in depth; it&#039;s something I&#039;ve done a lot of research on. For now, here&#039;s my control no. I discovery piece. The I is barred; it&#039;s the hatchet-like object behind the standing figure--presumably Sulla himself--in the left reverse field: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]510452[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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