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Another R5 Roman? Or?

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 Posted 01/16/2018  10:28 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add pendrak to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi Guys-

Did I just find another R5 in my junk pile?

If you are a long time collector like me, when you get bored, you should sift through your "junk" coins.

The first picture is an R5 Constantine that I submitted to Wildwinds several years ago.

Constantine I, AE follis, Cyzicus. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers holding spears and shields with two standards between them, dot in o on banners. Mintmark: dot SMK Γ. RIC VII Cyzicus 95. This actual coin is on Wildwinds.

The second picture is one I just found sifting.

Dig out your RIC- or- check online- let me know what you think. Its winter outside!-And you don't have anything better to do-

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 Posted 01/16/2018  10:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It does look like the same type. Sine RIC was written the rarity scale has not been updated some a lot of the coins that were rated as scarce and no longer that. Personally I pay very little attention to the rarity scale anymore unless the coin is in FDC.
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the second is a Constantine II (337-340) coinfrom Cyzicus , second officina : CONSTANTINUS IVN NOB C .albert
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The 2nd coin had an R4 rating but as Ron mentioned those can be misleading.
As it happens I do a similar thing with my trays of LRB's, ignore them for a while and then go through a couple when I'm bored.
Something always turns up, for example here is one that I have been trying to find a sold example of without success over the last couple of days, that's when I start to think about rarity.
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