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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1762090, member: 19463&quot;]Getting down to the last couple of my recent additions, I offer this hard to photograph (looks better in hand as they say) AE3 of Procopius.&nbsp; His reverse legend matches the common Constantius II types but the Reparatio comes on the left and Fel Temp on the right.&nbsp; A couple decades ago this was a very rare coin (R3 in RIC) not because it was a minor mintmark variation but because it was a Procopius.&nbsp; A few large hoards have made this ruler less than a super rarity but he is still a premium item worth compromising some of my quality standards to acquire.&nbsp; This is my only Procopius.&nbsp; It has&nbsp; a too thick patina that has been polished a bit more than appropriate hiding some detail that was on the coin.&nbsp; The centering clips a bit of the Chi-Rho in the upper right of the reverse.&nbsp; I keep telling myself to stop buying these shiny things I know I can&#039;t photograph but the seller was reasonably priced and, like they say, it is better &#039;in hand&#039;.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]279036[/ATTACH]</p><p>Some among you will post a reference that lists Procopius as a usurper under Valens and it is true that Valens killed him (in one of several different reported gory ways if you research the scanty records).&nbsp; It may be that Procopius was to be named as heir to Julian II but that emperor&#039;s death started a series of events that drove him to fight for the power.&nbsp; Most of what we have on him is from later writers with less than perfect records for reliability so we may never know.&nbsp; There is question about whether Procopius was a Christian (why I wish the Chi-Rho was clear on my coin) or pagan (see the beard like Julian&#039;s).&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicomedia is not the most common mint for Procopius but I believe this is SMNA (delta could be read but that would be unlisted).&nbsp; Here is your place to show your Procopius coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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