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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2514329, member: 42773&quot;]As some of you may know, I&#039;m assembling what is possibly the most boring collection of ancient coins conceived by man. In my defense, it was Doug&#039;s idea - a mint set of the GLORIA EXERCITVS types of Constans with two standards. The two standard types were minted only very briefly for this emperor, before the mints transitioned to one standard.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of these coins are r4-r5 in RIC, and Aquileia is one of the most difficult. A certain Spanish dealer has a very nice one for $200 at the moment. I offered him $75, he countered with $185 and didn&#039;t bother counter-offering at that point. We were too far apart to make a deal. He is under the delusion that because of its rarity, it is worth $200. I&#039;m probably <i>the only collector on the planet assembling a mint set of these coins</i>, and I refuse to pay that amount.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I found this little dog for $20, arf arf, but it fits the bill. CONSTANS NOB C is nicely emblazoned over the top of the obverse, and you can see AQS on the reverse, although quite faintly. What confirms the mint is the F between the two standards - only varieties of Aquileia have this F.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]535266[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Wow, what a crappy coin now that I look at it. I&#039;m sure if I put it into one of my auctions for $20 you&#039;d all have a good laugh. It just goes to show that coin collectors are not always of sound mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]535267[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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