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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2096287, member: 42773"]I grade it Best of Type for Rome. Anyone who's taken a close look at the Rome mint's output during Constantius II's reign would know this is not your average coin, by a long shot. They were clearly very meticulous with the solidi, while not giving a whit about bronze.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone with a practiced eye would have snatched this coin up, as you have. It's a jewel among all the piles of typically scrappy, weakly-struck, off-center, and poorly-preserved examples. How do you give that a letter grade? A+, even with the scratches.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2096287, member: 42773"]I grade it Best of Type for Rome. Anyone who's taken a close look at the Rome mint's output during Constantius II's reign would know this is not your average coin, by a long shot. They were clearly very meticulous with the solidi, while not giving a whit about bronze. Anyone with a practiced eye would have snatched this coin up, as you have. It's a jewel among all the piles of typically scrappy, weakly-struck, off-center, and poorly-preserved examples. How do you give that a letter grade? A+, even with the scratches.[/QUOTE]
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