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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3303129, member: 19463"]You have good taste in coins. The Magnentius is Amiens mint (AMB) which is my favorite of his mints because of the style. They do tend to be on too small flans. I would love to have one of the fully struck few. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]875441[/ATTACH] </p><p>Conversely, Nicomedia seemed to have good size flans for these.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]875427[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I won mine in a CNG sale 51 (1999) for what I considered a fair price. The three Palaeologus lots before it were among the nicest half size coins I have ever seen so my coin and the slightly lesser one that followed it looked trashy. Things like that can make a difference in auctions where sense is rarely common. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]875429[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3303129, member: 19463"]You have good taste in coins. The Magnentius is Amiens mint (AMB) which is my favorite of his mints because of the style. They do tend to be on too small flans. I would love to have one of the fully struck few. [ATTACH=full]875441[/ATTACH] Conversely, Nicomedia seemed to have good size flans for these. [ATTACH=full]875427[/ATTACH] I won mine in a CNG sale 51 (1999) for what I considered a fair price. The three Palaeologus lots before it were among the nicest half size coins I have ever seen so my coin and the slightly lesser one that followed it looked trashy. Things like that can make a difference in auctions where sense is rarely common. [ATTACH=full]875429[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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