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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3771907, member: 98035"]I used to be awed by finding a "rare" variety until I realized that rarity in terms of minor features doesn't amount to a hill of beans.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two examples that immediately spring to mind (and mine aren't the best examples but I hope you get my point) are the oh so common GLORIA EXERCITVS single standard AE4, home to some important rarities for someone like myself who wants a coin of each emperor as Caesar *and* Augustus</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine II, Augustus, Alexandria mint, S-R flanking banner, no mintmark (This particular type is rare, plenty of others are listed as "common" - but honestly how often do you see Constantine Jr as Augustus?)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008803[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constans, Caesar, Rome mint, mintmark R*T (listed as R5?)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008804[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Both of course were sold to me without proper identification and for minimal cost. Neither emperor is rare in his own right, and the type is perhaps the most common singular type of ancient coin aside from the Chinese Wu Zhu. That's where most people stop, and most don't realize their lack of a Constantine II Augustus or a Constans Caesar until they look more closely through their collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3771907, member: 98035"]I used to be awed by finding a "rare" variety until I realized that rarity in terms of minor features doesn't amount to a hill of beans. Two examples that immediately spring to mind (and mine aren't the best examples but I hope you get my point) are the oh so common GLORIA EXERCITVS single standard AE4, home to some important rarities for someone like myself who wants a coin of each emperor as Caesar *and* Augustus Constantine II, Augustus, Alexandria mint, S-R flanking banner, no mintmark (This particular type is rare, plenty of others are listed as "common" - but honestly how often do you see Constantine Jr as Augustus?) [ATTACH=full]1008803[/ATTACH] Constans, Caesar, Rome mint, mintmark R*T (listed as R5?) [ATTACH=full]1008804[/ATTACH] Both of course were sold to me without proper identification and for minimal cost. Neither emperor is rare in his own right, and the type is perhaps the most common singular type of ancient coin aside from the Chinese Wu Zhu. That's where most people stop, and most don't realize their lack of a Constantine II Augustus or a Constans Caesar until they look more closely through their collection.[/QUOTE]
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