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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2139672, member: 19463"]I have posted on each of mine a I have acquired them but realize I am in the minority of finding them interesting enough to pay a premium for the mintmark. Whether they sell for nothing or a lot depends on how many people are bidding on that sale. </p><p>The 'serpent' is a ligate form of the Greek letters epwc or eros = love. Latin for that is amor which spelled backwards is roma or the name of the city that struck the coin. There are very few imagination heavy mintmarks. Probus has the EQVITI series; Diocletian and Maximianus have the I O VI and HP KOY LI series. I collect them when I can.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2139672, member: 19463"]I have posted on each of mine a I have acquired them but realize I am in the minority of finding them interesting enough to pay a premium for the mintmark. Whether they sell for nothing or a lot depends on how many people are bidding on that sale. The 'serpent' is a ligate form of the Greek letters epwc or eros = love. Latin for that is amor which spelled backwards is roma or the name of the city that struck the coin. There are very few imagination heavy mintmarks. Probus has the EQVITI series; Diocletian and Maximianus have the I O VI and HP KOY LI series. I collect them when I can.[/QUOTE]
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