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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3670734, member: 19463&quot;]I agree both are keepers and I agree with the reasoning.&nbsp; My experience with tets of Maximinus suggest he was the last with consistently decent coins in terms of size and metal.&nbsp; There are some silvery Gordian III tets but more of his look like copper.&nbsp; I wonder if all this is alloy or if some is from how they were cleaned???</p><p><br /></p><p>Maximinus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]986652[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Gordian III</p><p>[ATTACH=full]986653[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes I wonder if the shape of the letter L made it likely to be used to frame the date above but that does not explain the full reversal.&nbsp; On my Claudius II, I assumed the shape of the A allowed it to fit by the wing so the L went below.&nbsp; There is extra appeal to me from such placements.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]986654[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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