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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2019973, member: 19463"]I can't add to the name game but here are two different Volusian options. The first is from Provincia Dacia which is easy to confuse for the Viminacium coins except that it has an eagle and a lion (no bull) and different reverse legend. OK, mine could be a bit better but it is what I found in the junk box. The VIB is clear.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]365427[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Antioch (Pisidia) is a nice coin with bad spelling. I can live with the VIB AP GAL (or is it GALVS?) but the next word seems to be VSSIANO completely skipping the VOL which would seem to be the important part.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]365428[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I bought the Volusian the same day as the following which is not Volusian but confirms that mint had penmanship problems. The acsearch coin has the same obverse die but a different reverse. </p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2148165" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2148165" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2148165</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]365430[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2019973, member: 19463"]I can't add to the name game but here are two different Volusian options. The first is from Provincia Dacia which is easy to confuse for the Viminacium coins except that it has an eagle and a lion (no bull) and different reverse legend. OK, mine could be a bit better but it is what I found in the junk box. The VIB is clear. [ATTACH=full]365427[/ATTACH] The Antioch (Pisidia) is a nice coin with bad spelling. I can live with the VIB AP GAL (or is it GALVS?) but the next word seems to be VSSIANO completely skipping the VOL which would seem to be the important part. [ATTACH=full]365428[/ATTACH] I bought the Volusian the same day as the following which is not Volusian but confirms that mint had penmanship problems. The acsearch coin has the same obverse die but a different reverse. [url]http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2148165[/url] [ATTACH=full]365430[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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