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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3605041, member: 85693&quot;]Well, I&#039;m note sure &quot;clear&quot; is quite what they are - the pellet on the left is fairly visible.&nbsp; The one on the right is somewhat obscured by a patina booger (not a technical term <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). </p><p><br /></p><p>The Constantinople 498A is still a possibility - I had not noticed the 2 stars, no officiana type from Constantinople - and I thank you for pointing it out. </p><p><br /></p><p>It does seem the Constantinople decanummiums are fairly crude compared to the Numidia ones I looked at (and mine).&nbsp; The Numidia examples I saw were on nice round flans with respectable edges.&nbsp; In comparison, the Constantinople ones look horrible (498 with the officinal is pretty common, I think) - but I could only find one 498A - on Coin Archives:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]965110[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1454853&amp;AucID=2994&amp;Lot=335&amp;Val=e9b398bde29f444ff67de76eb5fef50e" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1454853&amp;AucID=2994&amp;Lot=335&amp;Val=e9b398bde29f444ff67de76eb5fef50e" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1454853&amp;AucID=2994&amp;Lot=335&amp;Val=e9b398bde29f444ff67de76eb5fef50e</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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