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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;britannia40, post: 3179634, member: 74818&quot;]I have noticed that a lot of the Silver plate/washed late roman coins tend to be accounted as scarce or rare in the RIC and other places?</p><p><br /></p><p>Does this account for the silvering or their design?&nbsp; While I do realize the silvering in many cases is very fragile and tend to come off especially in cleaning and being buried for 1500 years.</p><p>I had recently got this one from an auction and it was labeled as scarce or rare (I rarely take into account as many people list every old coin as such)</p><p><br /></p><p>Licinius Æ Nummus. Arelate, AD 319. IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVG, emperor holding sceptre and thunderbolt, reclining on back of eagle standing right, head reverted; PARL in exergue. RIC 196. 2.89g, 20mm, 12h.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]819162[/ATTACH]</p><p>then another cointalk member mentioned he had looked this one up and it was in fact that.</p><p><br /></p><p>then I obtained this one in a auction I just won with a first bid and its listed as rare as well.</p><p>Licinius I Æ Nummus. Nicomedia, circa AD 311. IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe and scepter; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak; A in right field, SMN in exergue. RIC 69a. 3.58g, 20mm, 12h.&nbsp; Extremely Fine. Rare.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]819163[/ATTACH]</p><p>was this more of a norm for the silvered issues or is it just a variety rarity?</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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