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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2981206, member: 19463&quot;]One other consideration is that it is possible a rare coin of Magnentius could be ancient unofficial and not count.&nbsp; Rarity does not count when dealing with barbarous coins.&nbsp; Many (most?) of them are one of a kind.&nbsp; My small collection has two coins that would be great rarities if they were official but they are not.&nbsp; There are many barbarous coins of Magnentius.&nbsp; I would not pay big money for a Falling Horseman that was clearly Magnentius unless it also fit the style and details of the RIC recognized ones. </p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a Falling Horseman of Decentius Augustus.&nbsp; There is no such thing known in official but here it is whatever it is (or isn&#039;t?).&nbsp; DN DECEN&nbsp; TIVS AVGV (or was it intended to be Magnentius but omitted a letter???)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]733544[/ATTACH] </p><p>The obverse of this Chi Rho reverse coin can not be read but the reverse legend has enough errors to flag the coin as unofficial.&nbsp; That is a shame since there are no known coins of the type from Siscia mint.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]733545[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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