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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24669331, member: 26430&quot;]Nothing wrong with common! In fact, I think it&#039;s usually better to go for the common types (except where specializing or there are aesthetic reasons to go for the scarcer).</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s something I love about late Roman bronze coins. The commonest AE3 or AE4 -- ones that others might scoff at -- can be very interesting and attractive once you learn to appreciate them.</p><p><br /></p><p>More relatively common Constantius II&#039;s that I nonetheless much enjoy:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>CONCORDIA MILITVM</b> &quot;Large AE2&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1573194[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>GLORIA ROMANORVM</b> (nice complement to the Fallen Horseman; this time he wins). Not <i>exactly</i> common, but not &quot;rare&quot; either, especially not in this condition. But I collect &quot;Barbarians, Captives, and Enemies,&quot; which is a very broad theme, so I sometimes sacrifice condition for inclusiveness:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1573196[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>VOTIS XXX MVLTIS XXXX</b>. (A lot of Xs!!) Possibly my only silver Constantius II, an AR Siliqua from Lugdunum for the Tricennalia </p><p>(though I&#039;m not really sure I understand how that timing fits, since Constantius II was still a child in the early 320s...or why CNG has called it a <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=quadricennalia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=quadricennalia" rel="nofollow">&quot;Quadricennalia (?) issue&quot;</a> - 40 years since Edit of Milan?):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1573195[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>Sorry, I&#039;m cheating on this next one (Constans)</i>:</b></p><p>Just realized none of my &quot;barbarian &amp; hut&quot; types (at least none I can find photographed) are in the name of Constantius II. They must be much less common, but do exist. (I&#039;ve seen these ones cataloged as Constans jointly w/ Constantius II but forget the exact justification, or whether it only applies to certain mints?)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1573197[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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