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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3111200, member: 88829&quot;]Thank you Genio pop rom!&nbsp; Not only do I see how they look, but with the coins just above them I think I can get a sense of scale.&nbsp; To see so many coins of Lyons with a wreath in the exergue or left field makes me wonder if somehow I wandered into an Arles display.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Recognizing that the GE types above #243a&amp;b are dual standard types helps to mitigate against the slight size disparity of 243a&amp;b.&nbsp; For size, 243 is embedded in the matrix of dual standard types.&nbsp; If Bastien agrees with RIC on these, then 333 is when they appear.&nbsp; This is well within the period when Bruun has said the mint policy in effect called for the series marks to change at least annually.&nbsp; The mark type is certainly distinctive, but so few have survived it seems questionable that they were seriously issued.&nbsp; Nonetheless, such as may have been produced would be expected to be of the same standard as other coins of that year.&nbsp; Bastien&#039;s 243a is every bit as large as any of the coins in view on that page.&nbsp; The second coin, 243b is smaller, but I still think it would measure broader than either 240 or 241, both of which are dual standard types.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although this type was not minted at Lyons after the death of Constantine, the small bronzes they did produce from 337-340 average 14-16mm and 1.64g.&nbsp; So my example is a shrimpy by any standard, even though the obverse break pattern is the same as on Bastien&#039;s examples.&nbsp;&nbsp; The size disparity lends credence to Victor&#039;s observation about unauthorized production, which reveled in undersized coinage.&nbsp; Until I have more experience with these exceptional coins, I too am inclined to regard it as a questionable mint product, but the topic needs more study to nail down the limits of variance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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