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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 3120847, member: 10613&quot;]10 years later and I am still looking for die matches, but mainly unofficial Siscian VLPP&#039;s. I just won an auction for a lot that is a fifth die match to other examples that I have.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb2/Barb21.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>17mm 2.2gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb2/Barb22.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>16mm 2.6gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb2/Barb30.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>16x17mm&nbsp; 2.1gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb2/barb62.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>16x17mm2.1gm</p><p><br /></p><p>the latest one, bottom row to right-</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/splash/ROMA%20E-sale%2047%20lot%201019.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also have the metallurgical analysis for the first two-</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/splash/coin%2021.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/splash/coin%2022.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The average weight of the imitatives is about .2 grams smaller than the official coinage. The coins...metal content and the percentage of silver (usually around 2%) indicates that many were most likely made from the previously de-monetized issues&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb2/" rel="nofollow">http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb2/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>and an old .gif I made for the first two</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb2/barbmatch.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>these &quot;barb&quot; die matches are fun for me, but they are not so useful numismatically.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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