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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5445443, member: 19463"]A picture is worth 10,000 words so my Aurelian lion is equivalent of a lot of letters.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1237076[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This Constantinople Julian II AE1 bull has a rather long and unusual abbreviation for the sity CONSP followed by the officina gamma and a branch. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1237077[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Unusual and not short are the Rome mint AE3's including this Crispus with R (for Rome) and EPWC followed by the officina gamma. Not everyone believes the idea that EPWC is Greek for the Latin AMOR which spelled backwards is ROMA. I do.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1237078[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to long exergues it is hard to beat this Gordian III of Nikopolis which continued the city name in three lines totaling 15 letters. The first line is actually a bit above the very short groundline under the rear hooves of the horse. The line above it is a die break and not the groundline.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1237079[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Herennia Etrucilla from Anazarbos tried to win with this AE29 by squeezing 16 letters into just two lines. Does three lines beat two or does 16 letters beat 15?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1237083[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Macrinus and Diadumenian cheated with their Marcianopolis three line, 25 letter super-entry but put all those letters on the obverse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1237086[/ATTACH] </p><p> Exergues are fun.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5445443, member: 19463"]A picture is worth 10,000 words so my Aurelian lion is equivalent of a lot of letters.:) [ATTACH=full]1237076[/ATTACH] This Constantinople Julian II AE1 bull has a rather long and unusual abbreviation for the sity CONSP followed by the officina gamma and a branch. [ATTACH=full]1237077[/ATTACH] Unusual and not short are the Rome mint AE3's including this Crispus with R (for Rome) and EPWC followed by the officina gamma. Not everyone believes the idea that EPWC is Greek for the Latin AMOR which spelled backwards is ROMA. I do. [ATTACH=full]1237078[/ATTACH] When it comes to long exergues it is hard to beat this Gordian III of Nikopolis which continued the city name in three lines totaling 15 letters. The first line is actually a bit above the very short groundline under the rear hooves of the horse. The line above it is a die break and not the groundline. [ATTACH=full]1237079[/ATTACH] Herennia Etrucilla from Anazarbos tried to win with this AE29 by squeezing 16 letters into just two lines. Does three lines beat two or does 16 letters beat 15? [ATTACH=full]1237083[/ATTACH] Macrinus and Diadumenian cheated with their Marcianopolis three line, 25 letter super-entry but put all those letters on the obverse. [ATTACH=full]1237086[/ATTACH] Exergues are fun.[/QUOTE]
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