at that size, I would be inclined to think it was an unofficial issue. There were many of these small unofficial Constantinopolis types struck....
using sodium sesquicarbonate always risks messing up the patina, sometimes darkening or even stripping it. I haven't seen a coin in this thread...
the Lugdunum Constantinopolis issues also come with a fancy shield variety. [ATTACH]
I would not even worry about, if it is just that bit on the edges. If it continues to develop, I would do a little cleaning with ammonia. "I...
you can use a q-tip and ammonia to clean it up.
Here is a Trajan foureé, you can see some bronze showing in a few spots. The obverse was used in A.D. 116 (cf. RIC 362); while the reverse is...
here's an example from Lugdunum that is not in RIC, but Bastien noted two examples. [ATTACH] Diocletian I A.D. 294 Ӕ Antoninianus 23x24mm...
here's a rarer example [ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 307- 308 23x26mm 5.2gm IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; laureate and draped bust right, seen from...
here's a Trajan I just got that has a nice portrait. [ATTACH]
I was wondering if someone would show any interest in why there was only one G. There is more that the use of a single G tells us about this coin,...
You can check his feedback and see that he only started selling ancients about 6 months ago. He has also bought coins from many sellers on eBay...
What changed? This guy has been a fake seller for a while. You can make up scenarios, but this person has sold, and continues to sell, fakes. He...
This perhaps says more about the senate of Rome, who commisioned the work, than it does about Constantine.
but as I just posted, he is a known seller of fakes...so his reputation is not that great anyway. You can google "hovav2005 fake seller"
Why bid on anything sold by a known fake seller? He is also only following two people on eBay-- one is another known fake seller. Surprise there...
I was not going to comment on rarity, but this coin is pretty rare because of the reverse legend ending in AVG versus the normal AVGG. However...
note that the reverse ends in AVG versus AVGG Licinius I A.D. 316- 317 IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG; laureate head right. IOVI CONSERVATORI...
It's Gratian with a GLORIA ROMANORVM reverse (Emperor dragging captive) and though hard to make out, looks like it is from Siscia.
nevermind
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