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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2265814, member: 42773&quot;]For instance, what would you make of this coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]450605[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b> Constantine II as Caesar, AD 317-337 </b></p><p>AE Follis, 18mm, 2.9g, 6h; unofficial but with Trier mint mark, c. AD 324.</p><p>Obv.: CONSTANTINVS IVN NO C; Laureate head right.</p><p>Rev.: DN CONSTANTINI MAX A; VOT XX within wreath // PTR.</p><p>Notes: Obverse of RIC VII Trier 459, reverse of Trier 324. </p><p><br /></p><p>Since both types were minted in AD 324, it&#039;s possible that dies were accidentally mismatched, but Curtis Clay suggests the coin is unofficial because of the misspellings NO (for NOB) and A (for AVG) despite the good style.</p><p><br /></p><p>So would you call it unofficial, or irregular?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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