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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7852812, member: 19463&quot;]I believe what we see here is what would be called &#039;net grading&#039; where the grade is reduced a little or a lot for faults.&nbsp; The certificate mentions a slight bend in the flan which could have been worse making the coin overall a VF.&nbsp; Before NGC introduced their numbering system and added grades above EF based solely on wear, ancient coins topped out at EF except for the rare FDC (fleur de coin) properly used for only perfect examples.&nbsp; The coin is very nice but I believe most old school graders would accept &quot;almost EF&quot; as fair.&nbsp; Some purists would see the wear on the hair right of the diadem and say it was overgraded.&nbsp; That is why Sear placed that disclaimer paragraph at the bottom and why you are 110% correct not to &quot;care in the least&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am not a professional grader and have never been solicited to become one BUT I would expect this coin to get a &#039;Fine Style&#039; on a current slab recognizing the fact that the portrait makes Honorius look like a </p><p>.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>How many kids who grew up while dad was in power turned out to be strong and &#039;good&#039; emperors?&nbsp; Titus and Constantine I were adults when their fathers rose to power.&nbsp; Constantius II, perhaps?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Siliqua, Mediolanum, clashed dies, ex. Ken Dorney 1998</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1352510[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>AE</p><p>This one is so bad it is good and, better, identifiable ORIVS.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1352511[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1352513[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1352514[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1352515[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As a representative coin of Honorius, I prefer this type showing the three emperors scaled by height.&nbsp; For about ten, Honorius almost seems tall.&nbsp; Mine is a little tight but many of these are off center or small flan enough to make it hard to tell who is on the obverse. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1352516[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Honorius was emperor in the West but almost all of his bronze coins we see were from Eastern mints.&nbsp; Who has a Western bronze?&nbsp; Is this a case where gold is more common than bronze?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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