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<p>[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 7857229, member: 109923"]Very nice set. Yes I've found sometimes one coin or other that isn't especially rare proves very difficult to get in great condition like yours. Which mint are you going for next?</p><p><br /></p><p>All my Lugdunum coins are just before or after the Tetrarchy, and so are such things as antoniniani and siliquae. This one was described by CNG simply as an <i>Æ</i>, which I think counts as a nummus.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Decentius as Caesar Æ2, 350-353</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353915[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Lugdunum, Officina P. Bronze, 23mm, 5.9g. Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right, D N DECENTI-VS NOB CAES. Large Chi-Rho ☧, flanked by A and ω, SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES. Mintmark PPLG (RIC VIII 157/9).</b> One of the first overly Christian coins to circulate in Britain. Ex Bridgnorth Hoard, found in Shropshire in 2007, possibly buried after 353 when Constantius II had defeated Magnentius and outlawed coins of Magnentius and his brother Decentius. Either bury them, or get hunted down by Paul the Chain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 7857229, member: 109923"]Very nice set. Yes I've found sometimes one coin or other that isn't especially rare proves very difficult to get in great condition like yours. Which mint are you going for next? All my Lugdunum coins are just before or after the Tetrarchy, and so are such things as antoniniani and siliquae. This one was described by CNG simply as an [I]Æ[/I], which I think counts as a nummus. [B]Decentius as Caesar Æ2, 350-353[/B] [ATTACH=full]1353915[/ATTACH] [B]Lugdunum, Officina P. Bronze, 23mm, 5.9g. Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right, D N DECENTI-VS NOB CAES. Large Chi-Rho ☧, flanked by A and ω, SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES. Mintmark PPLG (RIC VIII 157/9).[/B] One of the first overly Christian coins to circulate in Britain. Ex Bridgnorth Hoard, found in Shropshire in 2007, possibly buried after 353 when Constantius II had defeated Magnentius and outlawed coins of Magnentius and his brother Decentius. Either bury them, or get hunted down by Paul the Chain.[/QUOTE]
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