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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1825872, member: 19463&quot;]The cross reverse is most common for Theodosius II but there are others and many coins lack enough legend that they are hard for the amateur (like me) to ID for sure.&nbsp; I handle this by not buying coins of this period that I can not ID without references leaving the rarities to 5th century specialists.&nbsp; I make it harder on myself by avoiding coins where I can&#039;t read the mintmark at least enough to know the city.&nbsp; Insisting on full legends pretty much means you have few coins, very few coins.&nbsp; Notice that between the early 5th century Theodosius II and the late Leo I the coins shrank by about half.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/smlate3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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