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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2050837, member: 19463&quot;]Perhaps some will recall that I gather these.&nbsp; I&#039;m missing officina I from the Apollo and two (E and Z) from the Victory/Zeus but have not been looking very hard for a few years now.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe someday.&nbsp; Those looking for one might keep an eye out for two that I believe should be considered a little special.&nbsp; The first is the die of officina B with a spelling error SANSTO for SANCTO.&nbsp; I have not seen another than my coin.&nbsp; More common (I have seen two or three others) is the E officina coin with reversed mintmark AMS for SMA.&nbsp; &nbsp; There was a time I thought these were rare but more keep appearing so maybe they are a little scarce.&nbsp; What is a bit unusual are coins with full robe detail on Apollo. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]376560[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]376561[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;My best one made my Favorites list <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f72.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f72.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/f72.html</a>&nbsp; </p><p>and has the distinction of being the cheapest coin in that list at $6 from a pickout pot at Baltimore years ago.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I think part of my attraction to these coins is the fact that neither RIC nor ERIC II listed them.&nbsp; Alone, David Vagi did list them in his two volume <b>Coinage and History of the Roman Empire. </b>&nbsp; I reviewed that book when it came out and really thought it would become a greater success than proved to be the case.&nbsp; He chose to list rare coins and gave a generic listing (and prices) for all the common types.&nbsp; By not trying to list every type of coin, he lost the catalog buying public who avoided the book since they could not find their coins.&nbsp; I consider that a shame since there is a lot of information in the book that would serve beginners well to know.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/book.html#vagi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/book.html#vagi" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/book.html#vagi</a></p><p>The devil in me requires me to mention that the book nowhere mentions slabbed coins.&nbsp; I also have to mention that the current Amazon new and used copies are selling for considerably more than I&#039;d pay.&nbsp; If you find a good set for $100, I&#039;d suggest you buy it.&nbsp;&nbsp; This &#039;preview&#039; shows enough of the book to give the idea:</p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=pH9Ok9czKsMC&amp;pg=PA3&amp;lpg=PA3&amp;dq=Vagi,+David+L.,+Coinage+and+History+of+the+Roman+Empire&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=hnn3XGucfd&amp;sig=hkXnPu4-nLan_5aeQY3KbbprShM&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=m5GkVM1bx6c2mr6CyAc&amp;ved=0CD0Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&amp;q=Vagi%2C%20David%20L.%2C%20Coinage%20and%20History%20of%20the%20Roman%20Empire&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=pH9Ok9czKsMC&amp;pg=PA3&amp;lpg=PA3&amp;dq=Vagi,+David+L.,+Coinage+and+History+of+the+Roman+Empire&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=hnn3XGucfd&amp;sig=hkXnPu4-nLan_5aeQY3KbbprShM&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=m5GkVM1bx6c2mr6CyAc&amp;ved=0CD0Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&amp;q=Vagi%2C%20David%20L.%2C%20Coinage%20and%20History%20of%20the%20Roman%20Empire&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=pH9Ok9czKsMC&amp;pg=PA3&amp;lpg=PA3&amp;dq=Vagi,+David+L.,+Coinage+and+History+of+the+Roman+Empire&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=hnn3XGucfd&amp;sig=hkXnPu4-nLan_5aeQY3KbbprShM&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=m5GkVM1bx6c2mr6CyAc&amp;ved=0CD0Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&amp;q=Vagi, David L., Coinage and History of the Roman Empire&amp;f=false</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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