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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 2250005, member: 56653&quot;]Excellent Valens. I didn&#039;t see many around. As far as rarity goes the Julian II bull is the most readily available while the Valens is the rarest.</p><p>There are however 3 missing AE1s: Procopius REPARATIO FEL TEMP (similar to the usual AE3 but big and heavy, recorded in RIC IX Heraclea 6 and Cyzicus 4 of which I&#039;ve never seen any) and these:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]445061[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b> DECENTIUS AE1/2 25mm 5.87g Double-Maiorina (?) (F/aVF) </b></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p>AV: DN DECENTI - VS CAESAR; bare headed, draped cuirassed bust r.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV: SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES; large Chi-Rho, A - W in fields, inside wreath.</p><p><br /></p><p>EXE: [T]AR Arles mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>REF: RIC VIII Arles 193, <b>rated S, but a really rare type, 351-353AD.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>A rare type, with the Chi-Rho monogram inside wreath, struck with a large AE1 die on a smaller 25mm flan.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>And this:</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]445062[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><font size="5"><b> POEMENIUS in the name of CONSTANTIUS II AE1/2 24/25x23mm 7.10g Double Maiorina (aVF, deposits, patina)</b></font></b></p><p><b><font size="5"><br /></font></b></p><p>AV: DN CONSTANTIVS P F AVG; rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV: SALVS AVG NOSTRI; Chi-Rho flanked by A and W</p><p><br /></p><p>EXE: TRP* (* inside exergue, not on exergual line) Trier mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>REF: RIC VIII Trier 336, rated R2, August 353AD.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><b>Struck on a smaller 25mm flan with a AE1 die, which leaves part of the legend out. The wide variations in weight could suggest that the type (recorded in RIC at pg. 165 - RIC VII Trier 332-336) was minted in 2 different denominations - the Maiorina (20-22mm around 3.50-4.50g) and the Double Maiorina 25mm+ w/ a weight of 6g and above as this example.</b></b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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