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
If there is enough of the border of the coin present (which even the coin with ragged flan has plenty) you can use a protractor/ compass and...
I have a page that talks about this http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/metallurgy/ and here is a page that links to the article by Vlachou,...
Your coin is Constantine II. It's easy to tell because Constantine I did not use the obverse legend of P F AVG. He had the obverse legend of MAX...
Yes, that is the best way. When I list them, I put "FEL TEMP horseman" in the title or "FEL TEMP galley" or "FEL TEMP captives" etc.
here's a campgate which is probably unofficial. It is a Valentinian III CASTRA (cf RIC X 2160) except the reverse legend is KA TRA [ATTACH]
I don't mind at all. Here is an unofficial Magnentius I sold last year. It is copying a very type. The mintmark TR means it was copying a Trier...
Not if you served in the military. The format was generally dd mmm yyyy
They were all silvered originally, but now, often have little or none left.
here's a link to an online version of Bruck's book http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/home.htm
Sear's book is most recently published, but he relies on data from others...for this issue he uses Göbl and even acknowledges him in the intro....
RIC VIII also says that the FTR Galley types seems to be a reference to a visit Constans made to Britain in A.D. 343. Kraft writes that the Hut...
Antioch engravers did the best work. Below is another fancy example. Lots of great detail, even the rudder is nicely done. [ATTACH] Constans...
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