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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heliodromus, post: 8230073, member: 120820&quot;]Hi [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER], that&#039;s a great coin, and actually dates a bit earlier.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s RIC VI Antioch 73a, dating to 305 AD - the first abdication issue. There&#039;s an error in RIC which has the issue mark for RIC 72-73 being &quot;ANT .&quot;, when it&#039;s really just &quot;ANT&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The way to distinguish between RIC 72-73 and the later RIC 83 (since they do have the same mintmark) is based on size/weight.</p><p><br /></p><p>The earlier RIC 72-73 was struck at the 1/32lb standard, weighing approx 10g and 27mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>The later RIC 83 was struck at the reduced 1/48lb standard, weighing approx 6.5g and 23mm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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