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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2786843, member: 19463&quot;]No.&nbsp; You of all people would know the answer!&nbsp; RIC 133 Arles is a very ordinary lookiing FH2 falling horseman BUT struck in the name of Magnentius.&nbsp; The one in the RIC plates is high grade.&nbsp; The one shown on Wildwinds is pretty awful.&nbsp; There was one in the Bridgnorth hoard.&nbsp; Photo?</p><p><br /></p><p>My coin of Decentius does not count because it is obviously barbarous.&nbsp; It does not copy a known original but was probably just a mule made by someone who had no idea what they were doing.&nbsp; It is what it is except when it is not. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]646204[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Magnentius coins with a horseman riding down men on the ground are common.&nbsp; The rare ones have the reverse very common for Constantius II where the soldier on foot is killing the horseman.&nbsp; The $4k coin is rare and desirable.&nbsp; $4k desirable?&nbsp; I do not know how many of them exist. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just because some dealer thinks they can get several thousand dollars for a coin does not make it &#039;worth&#039; that.&nbsp; It just shows that there are many people who will pay very high prices for very high grade coins and completely ignore what might be termed decent mid-grade items that sell for 1/100th the price. To be worth $4k, I would expect a late Roman coin to be very different and not just a small matter of number or placement of captives.&nbsp; How the wealth spend their coin budget is no concern of mine.&nbsp; High grade coins are most definitely worth more than low grade ones.&nbsp; How much more?&nbsp; Sheldon (inventor of the 1-70 grading system) said VF35 was half of MS70.&nbsp; Current standards make it quite a bit more. 10x, probably;&nbsp; 100x?&nbsp; ---&nbsp; I&#039;ll take my common rider from Bargain Bin and the $3940 change.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]646206[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>For the record, if you want a bit less common Gloria Romanorum rider spearing coin, don&#039;t go for the Magnentius but look for the Constantius II version.&nbsp; RP is Rome.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]646214[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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