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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1039939, member: 19463&quot;]For comparison, I&#039;m showing two coins of the common falling horseman type bought this week on eBay.&nbsp; As bidding would go, they each cost within 50 cents of each other.&nbsp; I&#039;m not the kind that wants just one falling horseman so I&#039;m glad to have both but others may want to consider which they would select if faced with only these two as options.&nbsp; Obviously there are sold in the last week many other coins of this type that were either nicer or less desirable than these.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>First is an AE2 (larger) of Constantius Gallus from Thessalonica cataloging&nbsp; RIC 177 (page 418 of volume VIII).&nbsp; It lists as scarce but the reverse&nbsp; has a patch of roughness that eliminates part of the legend.&nbsp; The&nbsp; horseman is a more scarce type shown seated on the ground (so you can&nbsp; argue whether he is a falling horseman or a fallen horseman) and wears a&nbsp; curved Persian cap.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The other is an AE3 (smaller) of Constantius II from the Rome mint which catalogs RIC 272 (page&nbsp; 274 of volume VIII).&nbsp; It is listed as Common.&nbsp; It is in reasonable good&nbsp; condition and has a clear horseman with no headgear who is reaching&nbsp; back to the attacking soldier as if he were trying to fend off the spear&nbsp; (the most common version of these).</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins of the two rulers do not sell for much different a price and the two mints are both relatively common with only a little extra demand for coins of Rome but not enough to make the price change.&nbsp; Large coins generally bring more than smaller diameter ones but better condition coins bring more than lesser ones.&nbsp; There is a larger demand for the seated horseman type from people trying to get a set of the four poses but this is only the second most scarce version and sells for a very small premium if any.&nbsp; If it were the much more rare kneeling version, we might have something but it is not. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you are really into these coins, you might end up with a couple hundred different minor variations.&nbsp; Note in particular the Gallus has several stars and dots that separate it from similar coins that had different configurations of these elements.&nbsp; Some of them accompany small weight changes in the coins so a set might be of interest to someone tracking the changes in monetary standards during the troubled times that came with these coins when new.&nbsp; Most people have little interest in dots and stars (I don&#039;t); more are interested in mints and workshops; still more in the poses of the horsemen and most distinguish between the senior emperor Constantius II and his junior Caesar Constantius Gallus.&nbsp; Each collector of ancient coins will decide what details make these coins the same or different and whether they want neither, either or both (and a hundred more).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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