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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 3194956, member: 95174"]Thank you Valentinian, I appreciate you sharing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found Metcalf's finding especially interesting after reading his insights in the 1979 version of the book regarding his work with hoards, he had added additional findings supporting his findings since his 1970 article namely the Reka Deva Hoard. He has A1, A2 and A3 all being minted in different time periods and not concurrently. His work is meticulous and to me very convincing.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>However. this clouds the original question</u>, is A3 a different coin from the A2 or just a lowered weight? I am no longer certain, to me they look and feel different, but the design is essentially the same. The concept of different weights dividing them solely is compromised with coins that are added from regional mints, the markings are the way Metcalf separated those.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin catalogs have cemented the A3 in to our hobby, they allow collectors to communicate about known coins, but it is very difficult to change the information once published and used as widely as Sear and Sommers’ work. (Even this whole subject, we know who minted the Anonymous follis series, but we still go by the letter assigned by Margaret Thompson 70 years ago, it’s easier.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I like your web site, I still think you should acknowledge A3, stating you don’t agree, it would be enlightening for a new collector.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 3194956, member: 95174"]Thank you Valentinian, I appreciate you sharing. I found Metcalf's finding especially interesting after reading his insights in the 1979 version of the book regarding his work with hoards, he had added additional findings supporting his findings since his 1970 article namely the Reka Deva Hoard. He has A1, A2 and A3 all being minted in different time periods and not concurrently. His work is meticulous and to me very convincing. [U]However. this clouds the original question[/U], is A3 a different coin from the A2 or just a lowered weight? I am no longer certain, to me they look and feel different, but the design is essentially the same. The concept of different weights dividing them solely is compromised with coins that are added from regional mints, the markings are the way Metcalf separated those. Coin catalogs have cemented the A3 in to our hobby, they allow collectors to communicate about known coins, but it is very difficult to change the information once published and used as widely as Sear and Sommers’ work. (Even this whole subject, we know who minted the Anonymous follis series, but we still go by the letter assigned by Margaret Thompson 70 years ago, it’s easier.) I like your web site, I still think you should acknowledge A3, stating you don’t agree, it would be enlightening for a new collector.[/QUOTE]
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