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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 2642473, member: 82549"]I did that once, too, at a coin show in Ottawa. It was back when I first started focusing on Constantine I. I saw a nice, large coin with a reverse type that I hadn't seen on a Constantine I coin before. Stupidly, I neglected to bring my loupe with me to the show--and my old eyes aren't as good as they used to be--so I just relied on what was written on the flip rather than attempt to read the inscription. Turned out it was Constantius I, not Constantine. </p><p><br /></p><p>Once I won a lot of 10 coins, supposedly of Constantine, in an online auction, one of which was actually Licinius I.</p><p><br /></p><p>This sort of thing happens a lot. Dealers want to see Constantine I because they know that his coins carry a premium over Constantius, Licinius, or any of Constantine's sons. I could probably go on eBay right now and 5 - 10 coins misattributed to Constantine I.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 2642473, member: 82549"]I did that once, too, at a coin show in Ottawa. It was back when I first started focusing on Constantine I. I saw a nice, large coin with a reverse type that I hadn't seen on a Constantine I coin before. Stupidly, I neglected to bring my loupe with me to the show--and my old eyes aren't as good as they used to be--so I just relied on what was written on the flip rather than attempt to read the inscription. Turned out it was Constantius I, not Constantine. Once I won a lot of 10 coins, supposedly of Constantine, in an online auction, one of which was actually Licinius I. This sort of thing happens a lot. Dealers want to see Constantine I because they know that his coins carry a premium over Constantius, Licinius, or any of Constantine's sons. I could probably go on eBay right now and 5 - 10 coins misattributed to Constantine I.[/QUOTE]
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