Misspelled Arcadius - What The Heck?

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january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5181 Posts	Posted 01/04/2014 07:04 am I recently bought (from my favorite dealer) a Roman AE4 of what is probably the Arcadius/Salus type that looks entirely normal from the first glance... but the obverse legend goes DN ARCADIS P[F AVG]. It's very bold near the missing letter, so I don't see any way there could've been a letter originally; that coin was definitely made that way. Is it possible, and if so, how? And does it make the coin any more valuable? (Mint is Antioch, and I'm not sure of the officina letter.) Report this Post to the Staff

FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3446 Posts	Posted 01/04/2014 08:21 am Something misspelled is not too uncommon for these types. The die engravers no doubt began as apprentice workers doing the legends for the bronze coins and slowly worked their way up to the important work later on. A tired over worked and possibly under educated worker probably 'messed' up with the legend. After all the work and effort the QC department let it slide by. I seriously doubt many of the actual users of the coin ever noticed anything. Report this Post to the Staff
jcmworld Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 01/04/2014 10:00 am Add to the above, that the workers in Antioch would have been Greek speaking, with the legends being engraved in Latin. You run into this problem of blundered legends on early Islamic coins as well, where the workers were Greek speaking but they have to engrave Arabic legends. Do you have a photo? Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5181 Posts	Posted 01/04/2014 10:06 am No photo yet; I only bought it earlier today, actually, and I'm too busy with other stuff. Would try to make a photo as soon as I have time. Sorry. Report this Post to the Staff
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