Black Friday Specials - Two Coins

Today many people spent the night in line to buy electronics and toys for a fraction of their regular prices. Instead, I went to the Post Office an picked up a package of coins that cost more than I usually pay for these but my set is getting to the point that I pay more for the ones I still need. That is the hobby as I practice it. At least there was no line at the PO.



They are one each of the two common AE4 Coins of the Great Persecution or Anonymous Pagans. Each was struck at Antioch by ten different workshops as noted by the Greek numeral in the reverse field. I'm trying to get the set and these were two I was missing. I have paid between $6 and $50 for these coins in the last ten years since I have been looking for them. It is not a matter of condition, I find, but a matter of what dealer is selling them. Some consider them special while some see small and ordinary coins of no interest. I have seen some offered for $150 which I consider excessive. These are neither my nicest nor worst examples - just the latest ones I bought. If anyone has the ones I still lack, I'll trade.

I'll mention that there are a few other Pagan types but all are rare to very rare. I only have one. None of these coins are listed in RIC because when RIC Volume VI was written, the coins were thought to belong to Julian II who would be covered in Volume VIII. By the time VIII was written it was realized they belonged in Volume VI (can't win them all). They are listed in Vagi who managed to misspell the obverse legend on the GENIO ANTIOCHENI coin. I guess you could say they are not popular. I'm glad since unpopular coins are cheaper.