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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 2175811, member: 56653&quot;]Despite his very short reign, Florian issued a great deal of coins. This one is of particular interest because of a little feature that might escape on first sight:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b> FLORIAN AE20mm 2.99g (aVF, chipped edges, encrustations)</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b><br /></b></font></p><p>AV: IMP C M AN FLORIANVS PIVS F AVG; radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum bust r.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV: PROVIDEN DEOR; Fides stg. r., holding standard in each hand, facing Sol stg. l., r. hand raised and holding globe in l. hand; * in middle field.</p><p><br /></p><p>EXE: B</p><p><br /></p><p>REF: LV 2927, RIC V-1 113, <a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/4507" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/4507" rel="nofollow">RIC Online #4507</a> very rare, only 2specs recorded, 2nd issue of the 2nd officina at the mint of Serdica, August 276AD.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Quite rare issue with an interesting obv. legend ending in PIVS F AVG instead of the usual P F AVG.</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]420716[/ATTACH] </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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