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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;thejewk, post: 5133522, member: 100136&quot;]You&#039;ve made the important distinction for me already David.&nbsp; Rare types are the thing I actively pursue in my Romano-British collection, and rare legend and bust varieties of types that have common variants are much less of a focus for me.&nbsp; If offered the choice between a £30 common and £150 rare variant of the same type in equivalent condition, and if the variation isn&#039;t historically significant, I&#039;ll usually go for the common coin.&nbsp; I&#039;ll happily note in my records if a coin is a rare variety, but I won&#039;t pay a lot because a coin has AG rather than AVG in the legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently acquired an ADVENTVS coin for Constantine&#039;s arrival in Britannia to recruit troop for the upcoming battle against Maxentius, which is a rare type with a number of equally rare legend and bust varieties.&nbsp; If another example with a legend variety cropped up for a good price, I&#039;d certainly be happy to add it to my collection, but for my personal collecting criteria, the hole for a -/*/PLN ADVENTVS coin has been filled, and I would rather focus on the many other types currently missing from my collection altogether.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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