Two look a like Coins but are not.

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  1. bcuda

    bcuda El Ibérico loco

    I know just plain old Constantine coins to some but I love them.
    I just picked up my second one of these this time with the S on the altar.

    The one I had.
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    Constantine I.
    307/310-337 AD. Æ Follis
    Obv: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, two eight-pointed stars and row of
    three dots on a high crested helmet and cuirassed bust left,
    holding shield and spear.
    Rev: VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing
    facing one another, holding vota shield altar below with I,
    exurge A SIS(star). RIC VII 51
    (19mm, 2.93 grams Siscia mint,



    The one I just picked up.

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    CONSTANTINE I THE GREAT (307/10-337). Follis. Siscia.
    Obv: CONSTANTINVS AVG.
    Helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield.
    Rev: VICT LAETAE PRINC PERP /∙Δ SIS∙.
    Two Victories standing facing one another, holding shield inscribed VOT / PR over altar between them.
    RIC VII 84.
    Weight: 2.83 g. Diameter: 19 mm.
     
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  3. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    nice...not your 'run of the mill' types...:)
     
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  4. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    There are many variations on these. One of yours has X on the altar. Mine are barbarous.
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  5. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Nice examples of these two Victories coins. Cool bust type!
     
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  7. gogili1977

    gogili1977 Well-Known Member

    Nice examples. I also have two of these:
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  8. gsimonel

    gsimonel Well-Known Member

    Your second coin, (like gogili1977's first) has a cross on the helmet. That adds additional interest for many collectors. Mine just has a star:
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    Siscia mint, A.D. 319-320
    RIC 95, variant
    Obv: IMP CONSTANT-INVS AVG
    Rev: VICT[dot] LAETAE PRINC PERP - Two Victories, facing each other, holding shield inscribed VOT/PR over altar
    ΓSIS[star] in exergue; S in altar.
    20 x 18 mm, 3.2 g.
    (Note: This coin has the obverse inscription of RIC 101, albeit with an unrecorded inscription break, and the mint mark of RIC 95. RIC 101 is part of a group of coins labeled "Irregular." One possible explanation is that these "irregular" coins are part of the same series as RIC 93 - 99.)

    And here's its barbarous cousin:
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