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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1836669, member: 19463&quot;]While we are waiting for the pictures, I&#039;ll post an example of RIC 375 which is the issue immediately preceeding the one YOC found.&nbsp; It is rated R3 in officina P (mine) and R5 in S.&nbsp; The difference is that mine shows a wreath with a central dot where the YOC discovery will have a chi-rho.&nbsp; There is also a, slightly earlier, wreath without the dot that is RIC 370 and rated R2 in either officina.&nbsp; My coin was $15 in 2001 and bought not for the R3 rating but for the pretty patina.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]304447[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have no idea what grade the coin to be shown will be but its value will be 1% the R4 and 99% some mixture of its appearance/grade and the fact that Christian collectors seem to like these early chi-rho coins.&nbsp; It may seem silly but the bolder the chi-rho, the better.&nbsp; A coin with great surfaces but with weak chi-rho will appeal to fewer people than one with a clear symbol.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have a two standards chi-rho to show but shortly after these coins were issued the move to one standards was made and the chi-rho was moved onto the flag on the one standard.&nbsp; My example is a Delmatius (RIC 398 - R3 - $5 in 2006) with poor surfaces and a very bold chi-rho.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure if I bought it partially because it was a cheap Delmatius or just for the bold chi-rho but I guarantee that being an R3 had nothing to do with it.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]304448[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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