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Pillar of the Community
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I don't really know how the coins were struck. Would they have a batch of portraits ready to be struck with the legend?
Quick change of rulers, they would probably just change the legend, strike and ship them out. Possibly they thought that the portraits were similar enough that it didn't matter. Maybe the army needed to be paid in a hurry and they didn't want to waste time melting down the "out of date" emperor coins.
To be honest Ben, I don't think that the portrait on your coin looks like my Marius. Is there any image on wildwinds to compare?
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PP, I think if you take a look at how strict the mints liked to be, this type of coin would not be sent out easily, hence 'rare * 3'
After all, they liked to see the office, not just the mint on coins so they could trace back errors, the Roman office did not take prisoners!
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IMO it is clearly Victorinus.
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I agree with Ron, it looks standard to me. I admit, lots to learn here, but pretty sure on this one.
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Well, I must retire now, not had a break since thursday. Will watch this post with interest, as always, keen to learn!
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I did read somewhere that there were unscrupulous operators who were issuing coins to make money on the side. I suppose they could be responsible for pinching a batch of out of date coins.
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That's a possible PP, but very, very rare. Besides, there is nothing that is visible on the coin pics that is out of caricature to suggest this. At least, not that I can see. If this was to be the case, I would have to list a fair amount of coins as rare or at the least uncommon. Probably a case of the eye of the beholder, no?
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Found this example from a past auction Ben, How strange looking is that one!  You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
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Kev that is a really useful bit of info to keep with both my Marius and Victorinus specimens, thanks.
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Pillar of the Community
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Ben, what is the reverse of your coin?
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Pillar of the Community
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Interesting opinions, looks like I need to reevaluate the bust.
The reverse is AEQVITAS. Ill take some pictures myself in a bit - thats the sellers image.
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Pillar of the Community
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Wildwinds RIC41 Victorinus (Marius portrait) also has AEQVITAS on the reverse. Could do with larger pics of yours and also wildwinds to compare.
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Even when you get it in hand if it does turn out to be Victorinus it's still a very interesting collecting topic and one that I had not thought about before.
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I don't see the original coin as looking anything like Marius, except for being Gallic. There are Tetricus portrait coins that look more like that than Marius.
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