Constantius II image

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  1. 1827jim

    1827jim Member

    Hi I am new to the forum and collecting older coins.

    I recently discovered the Helvetica excel spreadsheets (wow!!!)
    I can use the sheets to id common LRB's.

    However, one of the bronze coins I have I cannot find any examples to compare against mine to confirm what I am reading from the spreadsheet.

    This is the information from the campgate in question:

    Ruler: Constantius II
    Obv. Leg : FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C
    Bust type : LDC left
    Rev. Leg : PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS
    Turrets : 2
    Layers: 7
    Star: yes.
    Doors : no
    (SF) either side of campgate.
    Mintmark: TCONST
    City: Arles

    Ref. from excel sheet: RIC VII Arles 320; Sear 17626.

    Can anyone find or have an image of this coin so I can compare against mine.

    This type is R5 but I managed to find similar R5 rated coins online for comparrisson relatively easily but this one is proving difficult.


    Thanks.
     
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  3. 7Calbrey

    7Calbrey Well-Known Member

    Can you please post your coin to make it easier for all.
     
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  7. Orange Julius

    Orange Julius Well-Known Member

    Seems to be pretty rare for the TCONST mint mark... I’m finding lots from the fourth officina QCONST but only this one from the third (TCONST).
     
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  8. 1827jim

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    Thank's for the link :)

    The size difference in portrait's is interesting.
     
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  10. Orange Julius

    Orange Julius Well-Known Member

    It’s great because it captures coins that sites like acsearch are missing.

    Acsearch is a database of auction listings and the results of those sales. The problem is that many types of common late Roman bronze are missing because their values are low enough, many action houses won’t waste time on them as single lots... so they are poorly represented.

    This site focuses specifically on those coins that are mostly ignored by many auctions... you just have to fumble through guessing French pull-down menus and translating text.
     
  11. lrbguy

    lrbguy Well-Known Member

    Right. Tertia was mainly dedicated to his brother, while he got first dibs on officina Quattor. Nice catch!
     
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