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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4221833, member: 19463&quot;]Lest this confuse anyone:&nbsp; These coins were issued along with the two soldiers reverse coins that bore portraits of the rulers.&nbsp; The early ones had two standards between the two soldiers and a higher weight; later coins had only one standard between the soldiers and a lower weight.&nbsp; The Commemoratives of both kinds were issued in both weights but have no easy tip as to which they are.&nbsp; Each mint was a bit different and there is variation between individual coins so it is not safe to set a hard line for weight to separate the two.&nbsp; Still, we always must give a weight if we are to separate the two groups.&nbsp; In hand, it is more obvious than in photos.&nbsp; The two standards coins just strike you as bigger than the later, one standard ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nicomedia 2.6g accompanied the earlier, two standards coins</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1080751[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Alexandria 1.8g accompanied the later, one standards coins</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1080748[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>We tend to favor nice, big coins but a collection really should include one of each.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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