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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2394863, member: 42773"]I think your reading of the mint mark might be plausible, but don't confuse RIC rarity ratings with real-world availability. RIC rarity ratings only apply to the coins sampled by the authors. Those samples are large, but not exhaustive, and many coins have been discovered since.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are coins marked common in RIC that you could spend a lifetime searching for and never find (on the market that is). By the same token, I've bought various LRB's and looked them up to discover that they are rated r4 or r5, and I thought, heck...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]492475[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>To make matters even mushier, in the world of ancient coins, rarity frequently doesn't translate into desirability (and therefore market value), particularly when it comes to LRB mint-mark rarities. Why you may ask? Because not enough collectors (sometimes none) care. C'est la vie!</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the Vota/Wreath types go, I don't go out of my way to collect them, but sometimes a nice one falls into my lap at a cheap price and I can't resist their charm. They are sort of the Roman version of Wheat Pennies. I picked up this Constantine I in Baltimore last week...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]492483[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2394863, member: 42773"]I think your reading of the mint mark might be plausible, but don't confuse RIC rarity ratings with real-world availability. RIC rarity ratings only apply to the coins sampled by the authors. Those samples are large, but not exhaustive, and many coins have been discovered since. There are coins marked common in RIC that you could spend a lifetime searching for and never find (on the market that is). By the same token, I've bought various LRB's and looked them up to discover that they are rated r4 or r5, and I thought, heck... [ATTACH=full]492475[/ATTACH] To make matters even mushier, in the world of ancient coins, rarity frequently doesn't translate into desirability (and therefore market value), particularly when it comes to LRB mint-mark rarities. Why you may ask? Because not enough collectors (sometimes none) care. C'est la vie! As far as the Vota/Wreath types go, I don't go out of my way to collect them, but sometimes a nice one falls into my lap at a cheap price and I can't resist their charm. They are sort of the Roman version of Wheat Pennies. I picked up this Constantine I in Baltimore last week... [ATTACH=full]492483[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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