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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1125790, member: 19463&quot;]Be glad to have such a nice one.&nbsp; These are too often found on such terrible little flans (like mine) that you lose the mintmark or the legend.&nbsp; I recall reading that this type is thought to be evidence that Salonina was Christian but I can&#039;t say I understand the arguement.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When we collect coins of this period we see several issues that seem to be harder to find &#039;nice&#039; than others.&nbsp; Certain mints, certain dates certain types seem to be poorly made.&nbsp; We need to allow some slack when judging these coins and expect to pay more for a full legend, well struck example even though another reverse of the same ruler might be easy to find twice as nice.&nbsp; I believe that Gallienus has more examples of this than most since his coins range from really well made and skillfully engraved to the pits of sloppy work.&nbsp; We each need to decide if we value condition foremost so we will want only a coin of his better times and places or whether we want samples from each of the levels available.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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