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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hotwheelsearl, post: 7886203, member: 75143&quot;]Here&#039;s a Constantius II whose status eludes me. There are three options:</p><p>1. An official AE2 die struck on top of a small 17mm AE3 flan</p><p>2. A full size AE2 <i>clipped</i></p><p>3. A typical undersized barbarous imitation.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1360384[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The style looks prety=ty good, especially on the Roman soldier on the reverse. The portrait is a bit off, but looks reasonable.</p><p>The edes of the flan are sort of ragged, which would tend to preclude clipping. Also, who would ever clip a base metal coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I guess the most reasonable explanation is an official AE2 accidentally struck on an AE3 flan, OR an official AE2 that was accidentally made small. This is thick and heavy, at 4.2g, so I bet that&#039;s probably it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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