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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 2248358, member: 56653&quot;]I like these large and chunky LRBs and although they are rather scarce and under-studied, somehow they don&#039;t get too much interest from collectors and numismatists. Why would that be?</p><p>This one I just got today in a swap with a fellow Coin Talk colleague:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b> IOVIAN AE1 27mm 8.3g Double Maiorina (aVF)</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>AV: DN IOVIANVS PF PP AVG; rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV: VICTORIA ROMANORVM; Emperor standing facing, head right, holding Victory on globe and labarum.</p><p><br /></p><p>EXE: TESgamma, Thessalonika mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>REF: RIC VIII Thessalonika 235, Scarce, June 363 - Feb. 364AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]444418[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin comes with info from a Vcoins dealer called rusty Romans that I don&#039;t seem to locate anymore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because these are largely under-studied, there&#039;s no surprise that some are unlisted, although recorded in sales and auctions. Here are 2 examples:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>IOVIAN AE1 28mm 8.74g Double-Maiorina (VF, patina)</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>AV: D N IOVIANV - S PF PP AVG, laurel and rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV: VICTORIA ROMANORVM, Jovian standing facing, head right, holding labarum &amp; Victory on globe.</p><p><br /></p><p>EXE: ·TESgamma· Thessalonika mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>REF: RIC VIII Thessalonika 238var. <b>unlisted officina gamma (RIC only lists officinae A and delta), but not unknown</b> (various examples sold by Gorny &amp; Mosch Giessener Munzhandlung: <a href="http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=607400%20http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=558120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=607400%20http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=558120" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=491847" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=491847" rel="nofollow">here</a> etc.) <b>Scarce. 27jun. 363 - 16feb. 364AD.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]444415[/ATTACH]</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>And:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b> IOVIAN AE1 32mm 7.63g Double-Maiorina (aVF, patina, scratches) </b></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p>AV: DN IOVIAN-VS PF AVG; laurel and rosette-diademed, draped and curiassed bust r.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV: VICTORIA ROMANORVM, emperor standing front, head right, holding labarum in right and Victory on globe in left</p><p><br /></p><p>EXE: CONSPgamma, Constantinople mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>REF: cf. RIC IX Constantinople 177var, rated R, unlisted for officina gamma, june 363 - feb. 364AD.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>A large and rather scarce issue, from an unlisted, but rather well recorded officina.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]444417[/ATTACH] </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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