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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4508372, member: 51347&quot;]This is why I enjoy posting coins here, even if I have posted them repeatedly.&nbsp; Collectors will &quot;discover&quot; something when they glance at my coin.&nbsp; I like it when they see one of my coins, pass it by, then kinda go &quot;Hey, that reminds me of something.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I have several coins like this ([USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER] has gratefully done this to me a few times with my Republics.)</p><p><br /></p><p>My Pertinax was called out:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1117438[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Empire -</p><p>Pertinax (193 A.D.)</p><p>AE sestertius. Rome mint, 19,60 grs. 28 mm</p><p>Obv: LAETITIA TEMPORVM COS II.</p><p>IMP (CAES P HELV - PERTINAX AVG) Head, laureate, to right..</p><p>Rev: LAETITIA TE -MPORVM COS II / S - C Laetitia standing l. holding wreath and sceptre.</p><p>Ref: RIC 17. C. 21.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=80783]@Julius Germanicus[/USER] called it out and said:</p><p>Nice <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> !</p><p>Yours is one of the 26 specimen of RIC 17 that I found.</p><p>Those were, according to Woodward, struck with four obverse dies and six reverse dies.</p><p>Your Sestertius´ obverse die is Woodward AV 2 (illustrated in Woodward, plate XII, Nr.3, and BMC 27, plate 2, Nr.2), and it should be a double die match with the coin illustrated in Banti, Nr.11.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was / am very grateful for the research and info!</p><p><br /></p><p>LOL, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] , someday, I will be looking forward to a post of mine to be responded by you as:&nbsp; &quot;Brian, that was dumb.&nbsp; This is what you REALLY have...&quot;</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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