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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1797512, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;ll agree that both are nice but not great bargains.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Constantine suffers in my book (and probably in rather few others) from the defective officina letter.&nbsp; The image appears to read R*I but the I is probably a P with the loop filled in the die or lost in cleaning the coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; RIC (#19, page 298, volume 7) dates it to 314 AD.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I really agree with Mat on this one.&nbsp; Both coins are presentable to beautiful and exactly the sort of thing I wish more new collectors would buy.&nbsp; The Julia Domna, as Mat mentioned has a flat strike on the head of the reverse figure which, I believe would keep it down to what you paid.&nbsp; Compare it to the one below and ask how much you are willing to pay for a face on Pietas.&nbsp; Is my coin worth $10 more or twice the price?&nbsp; That is an opinion we all can have as we see fit.&nbsp; Very few ancient coins are absolutely perfect.&nbsp; I believe you are quite justified in being happy with these coins.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]291441[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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