Great story at @jamesicus and thanks for breaking it down into a very digestible timeline. The squabbling and internecine warfare inevitably tore...
Thanks Doug. I guess @Mat lucked out!
So my OP coin is Maximian? Or Galerius?
Lovin' that do!
This one comes from @John Anthony 's auction of last week. I was able to pick up a tet of Maximian. Great coin in my opinion with a nice patina....
Great post and history lesson. For others interested in some historical fiction try Count Belisarius by Robert Graves. [ATTACH]
You're welcome...good luck with the gold coins.
I don't have one yet but I've got my eyes peeled...:)
I've also focused on capturing the actual color of the coin, taken with my google pixel phone, as opposed to more balck-and-white shots. Here's a...
I'll pile on with my very humble example, stag walking right: [ATTACH]
Yes, I agree. Can't get enough of those Constantines!
And, a lot different from the early empire! Check this testudo out! [ATTACH]
A resource for late roman shield patterns is the notitia dignitatum, which shows the shield patterns by military unit in the late 4th and early...
Not sure. Provincials sometimes carry S-C as well on the reverse.
Thanks @Deacon Ray ! Just wonderful.
Nice coin OP and Welcome to the Forum. I also believe it to be Constantine II, The NOB C part of the obverse legend means it cannot be Constantine I.
Good portrait of Gallienus.
For Rome mint (RP) all I can find is this one: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantine/_rome_RIC_VII_318.jpg which is not your coin...
Nice coin. I like those ones with the CONSTANTINVS legends on the reverse.
If I recall the as was copper and the dupondius orichalcum, like the sestertius. No dupondius appear to have been minted with this type.
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