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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1822566, member: 19463&quot;]I would like to thank all of you who chose not to outbid me on the eBay coin that the post office delivered today.&nbsp; I really did not expect to win it even at my full bid but only one person who sniped $23.99 two seconds before the sale closed kept me from getting it for $6.50 + $2 post.&nbsp; $26.49 postpaid is still fair IMHO.&nbsp; At $6.50 I might have felt a little guilty stealing it from the seller who probably was hoping for a bit more.&nbsp; That is what happens when you sell coins with defects and are honest enough to mention the defect in the listing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I had been wanting one of these.&nbsp; It is an AE1 follis (oval 23x26mm) of Diocletian with the portrait facing left.&nbsp; RIC says it is common but no left portrait Diocletian folles have forced themselves on me until now so I&#039;ll just say they are less common than the right facing models.&nbsp; There is considerable silvering remaining but not enough to make the surfaces look patchy as can be the case.&nbsp; The fault was a pit or rough inclusion (slag???) at the top of the reverse.&nbsp; It shows better on my photo than on the seller&#039;s but you can really appreciate its horror in my smaller inset image.&nbsp; No described was the fact that the reverse die shows a clash (curved line at right is the back of the portrait head) but it is not severe enough to add or detract from the value of the coin.&nbsp; The head of Genius is textured from the strike not being full enough to erase the flan surface.&nbsp; This is not rare with these large, thin billon/bronzes.&nbsp; The Trier mintmark and B officina are bold so the only thing wrong with the coin is that flan flaw which I can accept. </p><p><br /></p><p>Diocletian AE1 Follis, Trier mint,&nbsp; RIC 282a page 187 volume VI,&nbsp; Genius reverse</p><p>[ATTACH=full]299498[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299499[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It has become standard practice here to invite everyone to post their similar coins so I&#039;ll ask for a healthy show of all your left portrait AE1 tetrarcal folles.&nbsp; This is my first Trier mint post reform follis so I&#039;ll ask for other Trier mint folles of any of the tetrarchs as well.&nbsp; I do note that Gitbud &amp; Naumann had a fault free Lyon mint left facer in a recent sale and it only went in the $90&#039;s so it seems that there is not a demand for these &quot;RIC common&quot; coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m glad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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