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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1271044, member: 19463&quot;]I started working on the photos of the new coins I got at the show Friday.&nbsp; This is the best condition of the coins but the original photo did a poor job capturing the surfaces so this post was edited with a reshoot.&nbsp; I see this as a coin that will get shot several times before I get it right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some coins have all the luck.&nbsp; Constantius II is a common ruler but this young kid got to dress up for a special portrait for this coin.&nbsp; The reverse legend is supposed to read BEATA TRANQUILITAS but some dies were made missing a few letters and the product of the London mint has been studied in depth to the point that this variety made it into RIC as #287 on page 115 of volume VII. There are many errors in legends on ancients but not all get into the standard catalogs. This one is not an error but a variety that takes several pages to list in all its forms so my tired eyes originally listed it as something rare when it is not.&nbsp; One letter here or there makes the difference between very rare and very common in the catalogs.&nbsp; Many English collectors specialize in London mint coins so they are popular and usually a bit higher priced than other mints.&nbsp;&nbsp; The selling dealer thought the coin was nice enough to be worth twice the price he was asking for for ordinary high grade Constantinian copper.&nbsp; I agreed.&nbsp; It is a pretty coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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