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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2747742, member: 44316&quot;]Collect Roman provincial coins, a.k.a. Greek imperial coins. There are very many types as rare as that, and often they do not command much of a premium. </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin of Otacilia Severa, wife of Philip I (244-249), is from Antioch. Prier, <i>The Syro-Phoenician tetradrachms</i>, is a standard reference that give how many of each type he knew of after many years of collecting data. The legend is </p><p>MA ΩTAKI CEOVHPA NCEB</p><p>Usually it is </p><p>MA ΩTAKI<span style="color: #ff0000">Λ</span> CEOVHPA NCEB</p><p>[ATTACH=full]628664[/ATTACH] </p><p>Prier does not list it. So, Prier knew of zero.</p><p><br /></p><p>McAlee,<i> The Coins of Roman Antioch</i>, notes this as type 1086 with a legend variant in a footnote citing a sale catalog, Gorny 92 (20-21 Nov. 1998), lot 425. (Maybe this is that coin?)&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So, two major references know of one example. Nevertheless, I bought it slabbed for less than unslabbed examples of typical varieties have been selling on eBay. I didn&#039;t notice the &quot;rare&quot; variety when I bid and would not have added anything to my bid if I had. (The slab gives the NGC &quot;grade&quot;, but not a detailed ID.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I would call this a &quot;variety&quot; and not a &quot;type.&quot; It is not enough different to warrant the term &quot;type&quot;. So, this is not a good example of my assertion that there are many Roman provincial types with few examples known. But, if rarity floats your boat, I suggest you collect Roman provincial coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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