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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2154993, member: 42773&quot;]This may look like a rough example of the very common 2 soldiers / 2 standards type, but it is not. By the time this series was minted for Constans, it was a short interval (several months), before the mints transitioned to the devalued 2 soldiers / 1 standard coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is RIC VII Cyzicus 114 (p. 658). An r5 coin, meaning Bruun sampled only one of its type (in the Vienna Collection). I&#039;ve been trying to find these Constans two-and-two&#039;s from all the mints, just to see if it can be done. I&#039;ve got six already, this one makes seven. This is the ONLY coin from Cyzicus I&#039;ve ever come across in about a year of hunting. Cherry-picked for nine bucks, because nobody else knew what it was. Notice that this is a laureate, draped bust, but no cuirass.</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks like it might clean up a bit with distilled water and a light brushing.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]414106[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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