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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3073836, member: 19463&quot;]Many years ago when I had just one, I was told that all of these were made from one obverse die and two reverse dies.&nbsp; The two on the left are one reverse while the three on the right are the other.&nbsp; More recently I have seen a coin offered at auction which uses a second obverse.&nbsp; I have a little trouble accepting it but still would like one.&nbsp; Perhaps some other birthday will provide it.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1436295" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1436295" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1436295</a></p><p>I also was told that the coins were extremely rare and there were only half a dozen known.&nbsp; That turned out to be a bit of an exaggeration.&nbsp; You know you never should listen to experts who tell you they know everything.&nbsp; The coins are scarce and rare if you require the full legend number XXII PRI to be on flan.&nbsp; This is the way with Septimius Legionaries of all numbers.&nbsp; Many coins are identifiable if you know the series but not all have the letters all staring back at you.&nbsp;&nbsp; Will I ever get an example good enough that I will not want these?&nbsp; Probably not. I may find a mint state one someday but I have room for six. </p><p><br /></p><p>I thought of Bing today when a dealer was showing a young man an Antony legionary. He had most of them but needed a LEG V which the dealer appeared to have but that dealer, an honest man, pointed out a smudge just right of the V and said he believed the coin was LEG VI rather than V.&nbsp; I agreed.&nbsp; We who gather &#039;sets&#039; by number are hopeful but sometimes&nbsp; reality rears its ugly head and we realize our folly.&nbsp; No sale.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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