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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2008057, member: 42773&quot;]This purchase was a bad pic gamble at feePay. The seller listed both coins in one lot with only a pic of the obverses. The first is a common Constantine I/Sol type - there is nothing special about it, but it does have some eye appeal despite the pock-marked fields.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second, however, is a rare coin of Constantine II with obverse legend VIC CONSTANTINVS AVG, a type minted only in Rome for a period of about three years.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would likely have overlooked this auction, as everyone else did, except the pic of the coins showed the letters VIC on the attribution slip. I could not tell if the coin matched the attribution from the image, but the gamble payed off. The coin arrived today, and it is indeed a rare type of Constantine II, RIC VIII Rome 21, R3.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]361204[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the kicker. Did I say everyone else ignored these coins? Click <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/271626651944?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/271626651944?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT" rel="nofollow">here</a> to see what they cost me. Sometimes it pays to take a second look. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Huh, well, double-checking the attribution of the first coin shows it&#039;s not so common either. Siscia mint third officina gets an R2.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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