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Hello
Is it Ric 449 from Samosate ?, OCRE defines the mint as Asia ? whether there are two types 449a, 449c , but no pictures , can you see examples of these variants anywhere?
http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.gall(1).449
Regards Waldemar
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Göbl lists this coin to Samosata issue 3, MIR 36 #1701g.
Pekka K
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Thank you Pekka K
the seller gave references 1701m, I have also seen with other lowercase letters eg 1701b, what do these lowercase letters - variants mean?
Regards Waldemar
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Lower case letters are used in this case both for obverse differencies
and for reverse field mark. On your coin there is no reverse field
mark, so the letter can be f, g, h, i or k. But Göbl lists only "g"
in this group for Gallienus ("i" is for Salonina).
Letter "m" is for Gallienus with dotted wreath field mark on reverse,
so it is not right.
Pekka K
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Pekka +++ thank you for the letters. How to rate it on the scale of rarity - rare ???
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Göbl knows only 3 coins of this type.
Pekka K
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Thank you Pekka K
the seller gave references 1701m, I have also seen with other lowercase letters eg 1701b, what do these lowercase letters - variants mean?
Regards Waldemar
One of our rules here is that you provide ALL the information you have available. Having a reference from the seller seems quite relevant. Do not hold back relevant information when asking for an ID assist.
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It was not my intention to hide the description of the seller's references, but to verify them, because in my opinion they were contradictory, and I did not want to suggest an identifying one.
The coin has not yet arrived, its weight from the seller's description - 3.81 g
I think that in terms of references given from sellers - it could be argued whether they are valid and legitimate before verifying the id. ;)
Regards Waldemar
Ps. Pekka thanks again for the id. verification and explanation of the meaning of the lowercase letters
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I think that in terms of references given from sellers - it could be argued whether they are valid and legitimate before verifying the id. ;)
Well then, ask your questions someplace else where they follow your rules.
Ancient and Medieval Coin Identification Help => Topic started by: Waldemar S on May 24, 2023, 12:51:42 am