Victor, The Constantinople mint follis, first follis pic, bottom row, 3rd coin, if that's something other than a camp gate or Dafne (in other words an issue of 327/8) I'd be interested. Metal and strike look pretty nice. Barry Murphy
Good for you! I haven’t bought a large lot in a while and actually still have some to process from the last one I bought!
I bought a large lot in Leu for one coin and overpaid because I secured a better example as a single lot. After my Forrest Gump moment I considered that I need to dispose of the balance and not let them languish. Stupid is as stupid does.............. I hope you picked up a rarity Victor. There are five coins here that I would not want to darken my trays with. I'll give the Edward the VIII to our local dog rescue because it may feed a dog for a morning. I enjoyed his history and learning what a low life he was.
I have the earlier issue of this coin with laurels that I like better; mainly because it is ex Peter Weiß. for those not familiar check out his Festschrift (it has a list of his publications) Monumentum et Instrumentum Inscriptum: Beschriftete Objekte aus Kaiserzeit und Spatantike als historische Zeugnisse. Festschrift fuer Peter Weiß zum 65. Geburtstag my favorite article of his is- "The Vision of Constantine." Journal of Roman Archeology 16, 2003, pp. 237-259. this is a must read for people interested in the topic; which Weiß convincingly argues that the vision was a "sundog" and to stray further from the original topic...have a page from an incunable, which is a book printed before 1501; which illustrates a sun dog or solar halo sun dog
