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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 8489100, member: 15481&quot;]It seems likely that one can transpose the tradition of festival coins to at least parts of the imperial era. Victor Clark mentions this on his web page, describing the billon coins of Trier:</p><p><a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/billon/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/billon/" rel="nofollow">http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/billon/</a></p><p>There are quite a few other references to ancient festival coins online. Considering the use of Hermes/Mercury on the obverse, contrary to the more traditional deities (or imperial busts) used by these two cities, one can imagine there was a specific occasion for this too.</p><p>Do you know if the two coins that you posted are quite rare? I was just browsing wildwinds, and didn’t find any of them. (Haven’t looked at RPC online yet).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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