I'm glad it went to a good home.
No, it's Constantius II and the bust is pearl-diademed.
here is his brother Hannibalianus, appointed King of the Pontic people, who was also killed in the purge. [ATTACH] Hannibalianus A.D. 335-337...
here are links to two good articles on this topic- “THE SUMMER OF BLOOD. The "Great Massacre" of 337 and the Promotion of the Sons of...
several cities issued this type - Thessalonica TES(A), Heraclea SMH(A), Constantinople CONS(A), Cyzicus SMK(A) and Nicomedia SMN(A). The...
Without seeing a mintmark (or some very specific control marks etc.) on your Theo II, you can't really give it a RIC number.
just a guess (since we don't) maybe the mint supervisor
I don't think that Constantine was responsible for this legend change, or even knew about it. He appointed mint supervisors who oversaw details...
the captive from Rome shows numismatic evidence of the civil war between Constantine and Licinius. There were two other Sol types struck in this...
a few mints have dots in the top row, but I don't recall seeing examples from any other mints with dots in the top and bottom
They are out there if you look. I have had quite a few over the years. Below are a few. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
here's a book with a DAFNE type on the cover [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 328 19x20mm 2.5gm CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG;...
This type is described in RIC VII as emperor on eagle, but RIC VI calls it Jupiter on eagle. I think it is most likely Jupiter, though I use the...
It is from Aquileia and is either SMAQP or S
unless that is a palm branch on the reverse in the left field
I bought Van Meter's paperback edition and liked it so much that I bought one of the signed leather-bound editions. I don't actually use it for a...
it's Magnentius GLORIA ROMANORVM from Lyons similar to below [ATTACH]
Joseph Sarkissian "ANT could be antioch but I can't find any similar ones online." It is indeed from Antioch, similar to the example below....
I don't usually have many early Imperial, but did get this one in a group. celebrating victories in the Jewish-Roman War- Vespasian A.D. 72-73...
That is the normal practice in all the mints across the Roman Empire, from London to Alexandria.
Separate names with a comma.
