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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3333685, member: 19463&quot;]They are nice coins but minor variations on these coins including armor variations are not exactly going to make you rich.&nbsp; The left facing portrait does make it more interesting, to me anyway, but there are not enough dedicated specialists trying to get every variation that even the rare ones are in great demand.&nbsp; Good condition coins always bring a premium.&nbsp; I would say the value here is more from condition than variations.&nbsp; IMO, you and Gavin were right in chasing that Constantius.&nbsp; I would love to have it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Over the entire history of the Roman Empire, inflation caused the money to lose value constantly and this was reflected in the coinage.&nbsp; The large folles were early in the coinage reform of Diocletian that hoped to make the economy more stable but it did not work and the big coins shrank as your two examples demonstrate.&nbsp;&nbsp; We need to remember that some of these coins did not circulate for long before a change of standards caused some to go underground and others to be called in, melted and recoined.&nbsp; Studying all the changes will keep you busy.&nbsp;&nbsp; Congratulations on the new coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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