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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 3649159, member: 101855&quot;]I have been trying to attribute the Roman Imperial coins I have using the David Sear books. Sometimes I can the variety exactly, but other times I can only find something that is similar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Somehow it seems impossible to me that the number of varieties can be limited to the pieces that are listed in the book. Given number of years that some emperors ruled and the hand work which had to go into the production of the dies, it seems obvious that there has to be more die varieties. Here are a couple of examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>This denarius of Vespasian is similar to S-2285, yet it’s not quite the same. There is an extra “T” to the right of the head of Pax.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]980116[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]980117[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This denarius of Titus is similar to S-2513, but it’s unusual. First it appears that the wording on the obverse is backwards. It this correct? Is it unusual? Second, the wording on the reverse is the same as that for the S-2513 that I found on the “Wildwinds” site, but the table or throne is different.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]980122[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]980123[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Counterfeits are a concern with ancients, and it leaves me wondering when I can’t find a variety in the book. Still it seems logical, for reasons I covered before, that the book can’t cover everything. Am I off base here?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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