"Rare" Constantine I AE3 Two Victories Reverse (London Mint)

I hope the colour is true to life. This is the auction photo. The coin is on its way.

 

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Thank you @Bing , I'm really enjoying discovering these fabulous London Mint coins. Before, I had always assumed LRBs were boring, and then I discovered these coins. I love the style and craftsmanship of these coins. I can't wait to add more. I need me a London Mint Crispus at the very least.

 

Heres mine

 

CRISPUS
AE Follis
OBVERSE: CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding globe and raising right hand. Crescent in left field. Mintmark PLN. Toone 194; Bourton-on-the-Water hoard 1464-1466
Struck at London 318 AD
3.2, 21mm
RIC VII 144

 

Here are a couple of bronzes representing Constantine the Great. The first was struck in London while the second was issued in Siscia.

 

I received the coin today. It is a little darker than the photo suggests. I has a light chocolate appearance. The coin is very nice in hand.

 

Just curious, why London?

I don't have many from that mint, but these coins from the boys fit the bill:


Crispus Caesar, AD 317-326
Ӕ Follis, 18m, 3.1g, 6h; London mint, AD 318
Obv.: FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right
Rev.: PRINCIPIA I-VVENTVTIS; Crispus standing right in military dress, holding spear and shield, crescent in left field
In Ex.: PLN


Constantine II
AE Reduced follis, 18mm, 3.1g; 6h; London, 318 AD
Obv.: FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN NC; Bust laureate, draped cuirassed, seen from back
Rev.: PRINCIPIA I-VVENTVTIS; Prince in military dress, standing right, cloak spread, leaning on reversed vertical spear, hand resting on shield; crescent right
In Ex.: PLN

Not from London but a coin that I bought to go with the above ones...


Constantius II, AD 337-361
Æ15, 1.5g, 6h; Trier mint, A.D. 337- 340
Obv.: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS AVG; Laureate, cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: VIRTVS AVGG NN; Soldier standing holding spear and resting hand on shield In Ex.: TRP

 

I like the style, plus the fact that it is a coin minted in the country that gave birth to America. And I've always been fascinated with Roman Britain and the conquests of Claudius, Boudicca's revolt, etc.

 

Ahh, the horse man, lol.
Didn't see this thread over the weekend. I'm laying low
I don't take the RIC "rare" to seriously.
I do have a few Constantine I coins but very few of the later ones.
I do have a Licinius I that RIC lists as R2 that I haven't seen another of.

I don't have the info handy on this device.

 

To think that only around a century after these coins were struck, Honorius pulled the troops out of Britannia and the province ceased to be a part of the Roman Empire.