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Valued Member
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Icannot identify this legend and ruler....please help!!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Gallienus with a blundered legend  |
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United States
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That was my guess when I saw the AVGG reverse. But the Obv. legend still doesn't quite start right either IMP C P LIC wouldn't really fit. It looks like RIC !
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IMP C GALLIENVS PF AVG. As bobby said a bouched legend the letter P was omitted, should read IMP C P GALLIENVS PF AVG.
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Edited by rooneydog
02/26/2013 3:45 pm
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I think a number of things could be causing confusion here, obviously the missing ' E' in ' GALLIENVS' (worth buying for this alone malamute!). The original die also has a 'lop-sided' legend, just like this example:  Notice how squashed the start of the legend is, I have no idea why this should be as I would have assumed this is where the celator would start! Also notice where, on both coins, the ' G' in ' GALLIENVS' is situated in relation to the radiate, very similar. Finally mals coin has been struck with this legend 'oddity' off the flan making it look unlikely that it ( IMP C P) was ever there in the first place. I guess its just a badly stuck, badly cut, blundered legend coin  I'd buy it  |
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Possibly Gallienus, RIC 182[j]  Yep, good example Rooney, it too shows just how early some of these legends start. Mals coin would probably be recorded as that but with a note to the missing 'E'. Some try to get things like this entered into 'Not in RIC' but that I feel is silly, Mals is not a new coin its simply an error that either escaped the mint without anyone noticing or more likely it was noticed but nobody cared. EDIT - I think its the square brackets in the page and picture names causing problems, I tried and failed to link to the above pic and eventually had to save, rename and then upload it.Edited by bobbyhelmet
02/26/2013 4:04 pm
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I´m really surprissed,because I have this coin since 1990...And I had never given importance!! I´m reading on coin....RIC GALLINUS PF AVG (It will prove to be a very rare coin.... ) |
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Is that the [j] bit - Bobby ?
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02/26/2013 4:11 pm
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Is that the [j] bit Yup - I think the forum reads them as html code so it screws it up. Its a nice error Mal, I like it a lot  Edited by bobbyhelmet
02/26/2013 4:16 pm
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Given a closer look I see what you mean bobby.
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