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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3179676, member: 84744&quot;]As you indicate, rarity by itself isn&#039;t of much value unless there&#039;s something else of interest about the coin.&nbsp; In the case of your first one, I think there is: it shares a reverse type with a different denomination issued at Trier about five years earlier, the so-called &quot;billon argenteus&quot;:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]819197[/ATTACH] </p><p>Warren Esty talks about these two issues on <a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/argenteus/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/argenteus/" rel="nofollow">this page</a>.&nbsp; Your follis version does seem to be quite scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin, if rare (I have no idea) is just a variety rarity, and so of less interest.&nbsp; Still, an extremely nice example! Mine is from Siscia:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]819206[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] has one that is twice as heavy and lacks the eagle... now that one is interesting![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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