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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 2188634, member: 56653&quot;]Doug Smith&#039;s coins are quite scarce and what makes them scarce is the obv. legend - IMP CAE TRA DEC AVG instead of the regular, common IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some more scarce to rare Decius Ants:</p><p><br /></p><p>These have the rarest obv. legend: IMP TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, which is a short, early, fashioned after Philippus type obv. legend. These were both minted early in Decius&#039;s reign, sometime in the last quarter of 249AD.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>AR22mm 3.35g - DACIA type, RIC 2b</b> (photo courtesy of Cerberus Numismatics)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]424902[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>AR22mm 3.73g - PANONIAE type (only one Pannonia), RIC 5</b> (photo courtesy of H.D. Rauch)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]424903[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And this one, which is also at least scarce - has a slight longer variation than the IMP CAE TRA DEC AVG, the IMP CAE TRA DECIVS AVG which is quite uncommon paired with the DACIA FELIX reverse. This was minted most likely in 250-251AD.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>AR24mm 3.51g RIC 37c</b> (photo courtesy of US dealer)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]424904[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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