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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1406964, member: 19463"]My clue regarding 'box 3' is where Dane of Wildwinds posted her plea to sell her or report to her any eBay lot offering a Constans FH. She has one much nicer than either Randy's or mine and we have seen a few others but, being liberal with the count, I have seen a couple dozen Constans and a couple thousand Constantius. Dane also wants a Magnentius FH and I would feel very bad not giving her one if I found it. For the most part in the early years while Constans was alive, the two brothers used different types for their FEL TEMP coins. Constans died and his types stopped being issued. Constantius lived and put out millions upon millions more FH coins making it one of the most common coins in the Roman series. I now have two Constans and hope none of you care enough to bid against me on the next ones I see.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also bought the Galley coin which is equally the reverse situation (Constantius using a Constans type) but for some reason it did not thrill me as much. I don't even have a Lyon Constans galley but I have never been as attracted to the other FEL TEMP types as I have the FH series so perhaps that is why it means less to me. I am a collector and, as such, odd.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1406964, member: 19463"]My clue regarding 'box 3' is where Dane of Wildwinds posted her plea to sell her or report to her any eBay lot offering a Constans FH. She has one much nicer than either Randy's or mine and we have seen a few others but, being liberal with the count, I have seen a couple dozen Constans and a couple thousand Constantius. Dane also wants a Magnentius FH and I would feel very bad not giving her one if I found it. For the most part in the early years while Constans was alive, the two brothers used different types for their FEL TEMP coins. Constans died and his types stopped being issued. Constantius lived and put out millions upon millions more FH coins making it one of the most common coins in the Roman series. I now have two Constans and hope none of you care enough to bid against me on the next ones I see. I also bought the Galley coin which is equally the reverse situation (Constantius using a Constans type) but for some reason it did not thrill me as much. I don't even have a Lyon Constans galley but I have never been as attracted to the other FEL TEMP types as I have the FH series so perhaps that is why it means less to me. I am a collector and, as such, odd.[/QUOTE]
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