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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3179641, member: 76194&quot;]The rarity raiting on Roman coins from the mid-3rd Century forwards is completely inaccurate. RIC lists as rare or extremely rare many coins that you can go on vcoins right now and see a dozen or more on sale, and see come up for auction regularly online.&nbsp; I would not rely on RIC to get a sense of rarity for any coins from the 230&#039;s onwards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a coin RIC says is rare, but there&#039;s probably a dozen available on sale through auction houses, dealer websites, vcoins, etc at any given time. Hard to call a coin rare when you can buy it any time you want with little effort.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]819168[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian III, 238 - 244 AD</p><p>Silver Denarius, Rome Mint, 20mm, 2.99 grams</p><p>Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS PP AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian right.</p><p>Reverse: PM TR P III COS PP, Gordian on horseback left holding spear and raising hand.</p><p>RIC81, Rare[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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