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Pontius Pilate, year 30 CE (GBC 649 - TJC 333) - Varieties only -
V. Common date varieties
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THE 3 BEST H649 "HZ" - "LIS" SPECIMENS
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H649 Barbaric dies:
H649 Regular dies:
Varieties on inscription Varieties on lituus Rare date varieties Common date varieties The LIV issues Strike varieties
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H649 Dies dated "HZ" listed: 18
H649 Dies dated "LIZ" (retrograde "Z") listed: 41
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5. H649 COMMON DATE VARIETIES
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5.1 Date "HZ" instead of "LIZ"
5.1.1 Die R1-HZ
5.1.2
Die R2-HZ
5.1.3
Die R3-HZ
5.1.4
Die R4-HZ
5.1.5
Die R5-HZ
5.1.6 Die R6-HZ
5.1.7
Die R7-HZ
5.1.8 Die R8-HZ
5.1.9 Die R9-HZ
5.1.10 Die R10-HZ
5.1.10 Die R11-HZ
5.1.11
Die R12-HZ
5.1.12
Die R13-HZ
5.1.13
Die R14-HZ
5.1.14 Die R15-HZ to R22-HZ
5.2 Date "LIZ" with retrograde "Z"
The LIV, LIZ (retrograde "Z") & LIS date varieties can be very similar, but their origin are various:
1. LIV is shown on extremely rare and poorly struck specimens bearing the lituus on obverse and the wreath on reverse (only 5 specimens listed!). Like the H648 coins, those specimens were struck in 29 C.E. It can be considered as a limited (trial?) pre-coinage having been re-issued one then two years later (30 & 31 C.E.) for a much larger diffusion.
2. LIZ (with retrograde "Z") is the most common variety on Pontius Pilate's coins, probably engraved by an unskilled enough engraver(s). A bit like I am in English.
3. LIS can be considered as a "variety of the variety" LIZ (with retrograde "Z")
5.2.1
Die R1-LIS
5.2.2
Die R2-LIS
5.2.3
Die R3-LIS
The dots are spaced out
5.2.4
Die R4-LIS
5.2.5
Die R5-LIS
5.2.6 Die R6-LIS
5.2.7
Die R7-LIS
5.2.8
Die R8-LIS
5.2.9
Die R9-LIS
5.2.10 Die R10-LIS
5.2.11
Die R11-LIS
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unusual wreath)
5.2.12 Die R12-LIS
5.2.13 Die R13-LIS (The "I" of the date of the 2nd specimen does not seems straight but it is a light angle effect)
5.2.14 Die R14-LIS
5.2.15
Die R15-LIS 
5.2.16
Die R16-LIS 
5.2.17 Die R17-LIS
5.2.18 Die R18-LIS
5.2.19 Dies R19-LIS to R22-LIS Same manners as Die 05, probably the same engraver (each specimen presents a different die)
5.2.20 Dies R23-LIS to R48-LIS Each of the following specimens has been struck by a different die
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Note that another die bearing "LIS" and a wreath turning rightward is known on a hybrid specimen. This die is already listed in the H649 Barbaric reverse dies section.