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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2708803, member: 19463&quot;]I remain of the opinion that this is just another of the attempts of dealers to up prices by creating a demand for a personality not on the coin.&nbsp; The dumbest one IMHO are the coins of Constantius Gallus tagged with the name Vetranio because they were from mints and used types that had previously been associated with Vetranio.&nbsp; I prefer to call the coins in question &quot;Postumus from Milan during the time of Aureolus&quot;.&nbsp; Relatively few sellers of coins of Constantius II separate those that use minor details that associate them with Vetranio issues from those of the same reverses that match up with Gallus issues.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I am away from home and my books so I can not be sure I have this correct but why not call this coin a Martinian?&nbsp; the same issue from the same mint struck coins for him unless my memory is failing.&nbsp; Is it a Licinius or a Constantine or a Martinian?&nbsp; I bought it because I wanted a Constantine associated with the time and place of Martinian and I paid a price appropriate for a Constantine.&nbsp; Did I cheat the seller?&nbsp; Did he cheat me?&nbsp; Some of you will be able to name the seller just looking at the patina color.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]611103[/ATTACH]</p><p>Compare:</p><p><a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=58168" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=58168" rel="nofollow">https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=58168</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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