Delmatius, as Caesar, AE Follis. 337 AD. OBV: FL DALMATIVS NOB C, Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right. REV: GLORI-A EXER-CITVS, Two soldiers, each holding reversed spear & resting on shield, standing on either side of standard, Mintmark SMTSE REF: RIC VII Thessalonica 227, epsilon.
Nice, I dont have this fellow to share. But being at the time this era of coinage bores me, I am not surprised.
Most of the Delmatius coins are affordable but it's still taken me about 3 years to get one if that tells ya anything. lol
I only own one, so I'm not so certain they are affordable or plentiful. Yours is not in too bad of condition, but mine, well, you judge. I think mine is ugly and I will replace it whenever I find something affordable. DELMATIUS AE Follis OBVERSE: FL DELMATIVS NOB C, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right REVERSE: GLORIA EXERCITVS dot, two soldiers standing, holding spears & shields, one standard between them, O on banner. Mintmark CONSI Struck at Constantinople 336-7 AD 1.3g, 16 mm RIC 153
I think your coin is acceptable. But yeah, Delmatius coins seem to be uncommon and mostly affordable and not in high demand, I think. I did not check Ebay but there are about 70 some for sale on VCoins.
Oh my God => "another" coin? (did you rob a bank, my friend?!!) Again, I do not have an example of this ruler-type (very cool, Daryl ... keep-up the awesome work)
Yep, another coin my friend. I'm doing a Stevex6 mini-marathon purchasing mania contest. lol I kept it all in a $100 limit too and so I'm going to be happy once I receive the coins.
I was considering getting a Delmatius that was slightly more expensive but it wasn't much of an improvement in grade, I think.
Delmatius isn't an easy one to come across in good condition. It took me ages to get this one (The picture doesn't do it justice as i has a ver glossy patina which is a mess to photography properly) Delmatius, AE 3 Siscia mint, 2nd officina, c. AD335-337 FL DELMATIVS NOB C, laureate and draped bust right GLOR IAEXERC ITVS, Standard between two soldiers, BSIS at exergue 1.41 gr, 18mm Ref : RIC VI, Siscia # 266, LRBC # 758, Cohen # 4 Q
Very nice coin. Yes, I have one that's glossy, probably has some RenWax on it I think. Was difficult to snap a good shot of it.
Delmatius suffers from being around for a very short time during the period of one of the least thrilling reverse types (2 soldiers, 1 standard). As a result his coins tend to be, to use Mat's term, boring. About the only option other than mintmarks is the spelling variation with some (like the OP) having DALMATIVS. Of my four, the last (Thessalonica) is best and 'least' boring because of the A for E and the big jaw portrait. Next is the first (Arles) with Chi-rho on the standard. The Heraclea and Cyzicus are coins I bought a long time ago for reasons that are now less clear. There are gold solidi that sell for five digits but I can't say that I could see many people spending that number on a 'boring' gold coin either.
Very nice coins, Doug. Just wish Delmatius had more reverse types. You've seen one once, you've seen them all for the most part. lol
For my collection of early Christian symbols on coins I got this Delmatius: The chi-rho is only on issues of Arelate with mint mark SCONST or PCONST for Constantina. (In AD 318 the city was renamed Constantina to mark it as the birthplace of Constantine II, but we usually call it Arles, the modern name, or Arelate.)