My new Victorinus PAX AVG without *

Hello!
Today I bought this little ant.: a Victorinus PAX AVG with V but without * (the Cunetio 2531 - Normanby 1407):


I found 24 ex. of this type, it's a not so common issue, what do you think?

The half of the scepter is also missing.
A too thin blank is perhaps the reason.

Victorinus is somewhat chubby and it can influence the reverse when the blank is hit.

so your opinion is a technical problem during the hit and not a real absence of the star from the die?


also some pieces from Cunetio have the same aspect (no visible scepter and no star) and they are listed like variant... you can see some pics on the book thesis of Jerome Mairat who report some examples from Cunetio, Normanby and others sources (from 583/1 to 583/14):

It was just an opinion.

Thanks for this interesting scan of the Jérôme Mairat thesis !

Yes... I know, but it's also my doubt!