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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2855165, member: 82549&quot;]Actually, the coin is not particularly rare. It is known from only one mint--Treveri (Trier) --and is certainly less common than the typical Sol standing reverse (<a href="http://feltemp.com/50_Trev_47.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://feltemp.com/50_Trev_47.html" rel="nofollow">http://feltemp.com/50_Trev_47.html</a>). The coin does command a bit of a premium over the more common types, but many affordable specimens are readily available. </p><p><br /></p><p>But it&#039;s an interesting coin, and it raises several questions. Why was it minted only at Trier, and why is there no mint mark on this type? (Perhaps the first question answers the second?) Most of the examples I&#039;ve seen do not have a lot of wear, so it seems that they did not circulate very much. Yet the size and weight is similar to other issues from other mints, so there&#039;s no reason to assume that it&#039;s a special denomination, which is also a head-scratcher. Most donatives, if that&#039;s what these were, tend to be half the typical value of circulating coinage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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