What are the mints that issued these? Roma, Treveri, Ticinum, Lugdunum and Londinium. Are there any others? Constantine the Great AE Follis...
I must confess, gentlemen. Those are quite the fine and handsome coins. In trying to put together a set of Mars issues of Constantine from the...
Here's one from just over the pond at Thessaloniki. This one is overstruck on a Phocas follis. Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine AE Follis [IMG]...
Yes, took a while. I would inquire every couple weeks or so. Don't be discouraged though.
One thing I learned is to never really worry about anything. Worrying just makes me waste time. This one here took several months in transit from...
I always thought Lyon's depictions of Constantine were rather... unique.
Constantine the Great AE Follis [IMG] 315 - 316 A.D., Lugdunum Mint, 1st Officina 2.78g, 20.5mm, 12H Obverse: IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, Bust of...
I've been seeking one of these for a while! It's always nice to have a peachy venus! :)
I am honored to have been the fortunate new temporary custodian of your coin from Alexandria, James. Constantine the Great AE Follis [IMG] 309 -...
It's in the seller's photos, I can also confirm. It helped to increase brightness and contrast. You can see the crack on the obverse: [IMG]...
Double strikes :)
Quite right. How silly of me. I have corrected the image.
I absolutely adore error coins. Constantine the Great AE Follis [IMG] 316 A.D., Rome Mint, 3rd Officina 3.72g, 19.0mm, 12H Obverse: IMP...
Ah, yes. My favorite collecting theme. Maximian AE Follis [IMG] 295 A.D., Treveri Mint, 2nd Officina 10.55g, 27.0mm, 12H Obverse: IMP MAXIMIANVS...
That is indeed the King of all Irregular Flans. Boy, I wonder how bad the flogging for that one was. I am very fond of flan irregularities of...
Thanks, Doug! Your webpages really did help me get started with collecting. I remember just browsing through each and every page at the beginning...
Good observations. Looks a lot like the coin was struck with clashed dies. https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=clashed dies...
The minutia are quite interesting if you get to understand them. There are marks on coins with meanings yet to be deciphered on these. A vast sea...
In general, if an officina is marked on the coin, it is done so by either greek or latin letters or numerals signifying some number. @dougsmit...
Looks a lot like my example. The exergue is actually RT, although the R does indeed look like an A. It's from the Rome Mint, third workshop (or...
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