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Twin and confronted busts of Germanicus and Tiberius in two cornucopiae.

DRVSVSCAESARTIAVG FDIVIAVGN PONTTRPOT II / S , C

The two letters S and C with a comma between them.

I have classified the variant with points and with the comma between S and C, as the main type. But the variants without point and comma could also have been classified as the main type. I simply see that the coins with all the points in the legend are the most common and therefore I chose to put them as the main type. There are many coins with missing points. I retained only the two variants with or without dots, because the coins having only a few points, can be blocked dies. And the number of combinations of point variants in one place or another would become huge anyway. In addition, the legend being very large, we could not necessarily inscribe all the points and even those inscribed points are often above a letter, against the edge of the coin. This shows that when you see a coin with a few points, the engraver's original intention was probably to write them all.

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The two letters S and C with a dot between them.

As for the AYC # 2, there are variants with point or comma between the letters S and C of the reverse. Usually, these changes would be part of variations, simply due to a fantasy of style or the use of a tool rather than another to quickly enter a separation between the two letters. I chose to note this variation because it seems to me that it is clear enough and peculiar to be voluntary and to leave the frame of the fancy of style. Without necessarily having a particular reason, it seems useful to refer to them. On the one hand, because the change is so visible that a collector will want to have both variants in his collection. On the other hand because it is not excluded that it has a precise meaning and that anyway, it allows to separate dies ... maybe also later we will discover two series of distinct stikes. Would the engravers have chosen to differentiate striking series by small changes such as those? Or more simply and this is my opinion at the moment, a way to differentiate yourself from another engravor. An artistic signature.

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DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N PONT TR POT II / S , C

The two letters S and C with a comma between them.

When i discovered this variant of legend without dots, several questions arose. The dots are small and can be clogged accordingly. Some coins also have points in some places and nothing in other places where these dots should appear. Blocked die? However several coins of very good quality came to confirm my assessment. There are coins showing no dots and whose original location dots is perfectly smooth and eliminates the possibility of a blocked die. On top of that, the legend is tight in many places and leaves no room to put dots. Link to one of these copies, coin sold by The New York sale, Auction XL, lot 1202, 11.01.2017, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3595977, link to their website: http://www.thenewyorksale.com/nysale/.

I have not yet seen any coin without any dot in the legend, with a dot between the letters S and C in the field. This variant is not excluded. While waiting for a visual confirmation, it is not listed.

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DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N PONT TR POT II / S C

The two letters S and C.

Without dot or comma between S and C.

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Bare bust of Drusus to the left.

PONTIFTRIBVNPOTESTITER / S , C

Te two letters S and C with a comma to the right between them.

As for AYC # 1, the variant with points in the legend and comma on the right is the most common, so this is the main type. I listed the legend with all the points that can be seen here, coin sold by Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 280, lot 125, 06.06.2012, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1308922, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/. Same observation about the dots in the legend as for AYC # 1 (see above), that is, to sum up, that many coins show dots in some places, while they are absent in other places. Impossible and useless to list these variations which are due, either to a lack of place, or to a blocked die, strike weak ... Unlike AYC # 1 var 2, I did not notice a variant without a point in the legend. There is always a point somewhere.

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The two letters S and C with a comma to the left between them.

Small variant for collector, most likely without real meaning. However, if it is considered general, a change of direction of an object is a variant in Roman numismatics; I think this change of direction of the comma falls into the same category because the design of the reverse is not provided in detail and therefore this simple change is very visible. The variant with dot, exist, this comma and its position are in any case to observe because they constitute the only changes of the type.

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The two letters S and C with a dot between them.

On the importance of the variant, read the comments on AYC # 2 var.

DRVSVSCAESARTIAVGFDIVIAVGN

Bare bust of Drusus to the left.

IMPTCAESDIVIVESPFAVGREST/ SC

The two letters S and C with a dot between them.

Always as on the other types, if there is a point visible in the legend, I consider that this one is a legend with points. See comments for other types.

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The to letters S and C.

DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N

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IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG REST / SC

The two letters with a dot between them.

The letters S and C always have a dot between them but we are talking about the reverse type and not the legend. That is why the legend without dots is noted with the dot between S and C. These two letters designate Senatvs Consvlto and are therefore also noted in the legend of the reverse. The legend of the reverse without dots is: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG REST.

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The two letters S and C.