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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LukeGob, post: 8342037, member: 73885&quot;]A lot of common types of ancient Roman coins have a rare, or even very rare, variation. Like a certain mint, a specific mint mark, a control symbol or a bust type, etc. etc. It&#039;s undeniably thrilling &amp; fun to find &amp; own any rare coin. And this is usually a cheap way to own an R4 or 5. A coin that you could you pick up a pretty nice example of the basic type for a couple bucks any day, but one little letter or something makes it rare (and still possibly a couple bucks).</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I got this Theodosius a bit ago. The overall type is reasonably common; AE4 Lg module, VOT/XV/MVLT/XX; but from Siscia it&#039;s very rare for Theo. RIC IX 31-b is closest. They saw 1 example, seemingly halved. It was officina B, so technically unlisted for A, as this coin is. Rated R5, though that&#039;s almost certainly changed by now. Still, it&#039;s fun to own a coin that&#039;s rated R5/unlisted in RIC.</p><p>17mm X 16</p><p>1.2g</p><p>In Ex: ASISC (a lot clearer in-hand)</p><p>Purchased from Vcoins dealer, London Ancient Coins</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479239[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1479240[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; So, in that vain, what rare coins of a common type do you have? What obscure control symbols, unusual head-wear, rulers facing the wrong way or on a type that barely predated their death, low mintage mints or officina, rare mint marks, rare changes to devices or whatever else on otherwise common coins do you have an example of? </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Thanks for posting, if you do. Hopefully we get a nice variety. I&#039;ll post some examples of different differences too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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