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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8231580, member: 85693"]My thoughts exactly, David. Here are some more photos:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447196[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Enhanced with the "T" between IMP and CAESAR, as well as the spikes in the radiate crown:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447195[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It so happens I recently obtained a same/similar coin, raw, and slightly nicer:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447194[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Titus Æ Dupondius</b></p><p><b>(80-81 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VIII, radiate head right / [CERES] AVGVST S C, Ceres standing left, holding corn-ears and torch</p><p>RIC 189 (see notes).</p><p>(12.12 grams / 26 x 25 mm)</p><p>eBay Jan. 2022 </p><p><b>Attribution Note:</b></p><p>Obverse legend obscure at end, seems to be VIII based on other examples. The two possibilities for this type are: </p><p><b>RIC 67:</b> COS VII (79 A.D.)</p><p><b>RIC 189:</b> COS VIII</p><p><br /></p><p>So when a slabbing company makes a mistake (here wrong about both ruler and denomination), will they reslab it (for free, I mean)? Not that I'd bother with that. </p><p><br /></p><p>Any other error slabs out there?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8231580, member: 85693"]My thoughts exactly, David. Here are some more photos: [ATTACH=full]1447196[/ATTACH] Enhanced with the "T" between IMP and CAESAR, as well as the spikes in the radiate crown: [ATTACH=full]1447195[/ATTACH] It so happens I recently obtained a same/similar coin, raw, and slightly nicer: [ATTACH=full]1447194[/ATTACH] [B]Titus Æ Dupondius (80-81 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] IMP T CAES VESP AVG P M TR P COS VIII, radiate head right / [CERES] AVGVST S C, Ceres standing left, holding corn-ears and torch RIC 189 (see notes). (12.12 grams / 26 x 25 mm) eBay Jan. 2022 [B]Attribution Note:[/B] Obverse legend obscure at end, seems to be VIII based on other examples. The two possibilities for this type are: [B]RIC 67:[/B] COS VII (79 A.D.) [B]RIC 189:[/B] COS VIII So when a slabbing company makes a mistake (here wrong about both ruler and denomination), will they reslab it (for free, I mean)? Not that I'd bother with that. Any other error slabs out there?[/QUOTE]
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