Rarity

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Estimates of Rarity are based on the amount of coins found available by an author at a certain time. Sometimes a coin will be rated by an author as fairly rare and then a later find will turn up quite a few and show that it wasn't the case. Rarity also depends on the amounts of types that an author lumps together. If one author counts all variations of coin with the same ruler on the obverse and the same type of deity or object on the reverse as the same, then there will of course be a lot more specimens for that type than an author counts the specific obverse legend, the specific reverse legend, and whether the deity on the back has their head turned to the left or the right as different coin types. Provincial coins in general have much more variation to them than the Imperial Roman coins.

Jekov (2006):

Rating # of specimens

R1 over 500

R2 over 200

R3 over 100

R4 over 70

R5 over 50

R6 20-50

R7 10-20

R8 5-10

R9 3-5

R10 unique

Varbanov (2005)

Rating # of specimens

R1 Over 1500 examples

R2 From 1000 to 1500 examples

R3 From 500 to 1000 examples

R4 From 200 to 500 examples

R5 From 100 to 200 examples

R6 From 50 to 100 examples

R7 From 20 to 50 examples

R8 From 5 to 20 examples

R9 Extremely Rare. From 3 to 5 examples

R10 Unique. From 1 to 2 examples

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