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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 7883395, member: 95174"]Oh, I do agree with you on the rarity of these classes on the open market, however the find data for Thessalonica is an untouched data of rarity. You are correct it is not perfect, the data does not show distribution but we are talking a major city for the empire. We also do not know what years cash was abundant or not, either increasing or decreasing the losses.</p><p><br /></p><p>The main aspect is popularity in the market. I was at the FUN show in Orlando a few years back and one of the dealers there had large bags of Anonymous follis, must have been over 1000 coins, all still dirty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a coin I think is not as rare but it is not popular as well. It is a A1 (half follis) I bought from HJB a few years back. It is only 4.28gm</p><p> [ATTACH=full]1359611[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 7883395, member: 95174"]Oh, I do agree with you on the rarity of these classes on the open market, however the find data for Thessalonica is an untouched data of rarity. You are correct it is not perfect, the data does not show distribution but we are talking a major city for the empire. We also do not know what years cash was abundant or not, either increasing or decreasing the losses. The main aspect is popularity in the market. I was at the FUN show in Orlando a few years back and one of the dealers there had large bags of Anonymous follis, must have been over 1000 coins, all still dirty. Here is a coin I think is not as rare but it is not popular as well. It is a A1 (half follis) I bought from HJB a few years back. It is only 4.28gm [ATTACH=full]1359611[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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