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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2229886, member: 42773&quot;]Of course, these are not the most exciting types in the world - they&#039;re not exactly Zeus hurling a thunderbolt while Pegasus flies over a roiling sea with warring triremes while the moon and stars blink in the background. (If you find such a coin, let me know!). But to the collector of Roman types, they are quite important in charting the course of history because of their commemoration of public vota.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some types are so very common that they&#039;re affordable in very high grades with complete silvering. I have some unofficial issues on which the obverses and reverses are mismatched. These coins come from Rick Morton, who assembled his well-respected <i>Capitoline Collection</i> - he&#039;s been slowly selling off his coins recently.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve posted these elsewhere, but as long as this thread has come up, I&#039;ll post them again...</p><p><br /></p><p>1. The first is this hybrid, obverse of Constantine II, reverse of Constantine I. During the run of this series, the princes Constantine II and Crispus received reverse legends CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, or abbreviations thereof, with VOT X. Constantine I got DN CONSTANTINI MAX AVG with VOT XX.</p><p><br /></p><p>So this is a mule of RIC VII Trier 459 and RIC VII Trier 324. Since both types were minted in AD 324, it&#039;s easy to see how the dies could have gotten mixed up.</p><p><br /></p><p>To compound matters, the engraver (or engravers) of the dies ran out of room and shortened both inscriptions to make them irregular. The B is missing on the obverse: CONSTANTINVS IVN NO(B) C, and AVG on the reverse is abbreviated simply as A. This sort of thing isn&#039;t particularly uncommon, but it adds a layer of fluff to an already erroneous cake.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]438163[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>2. This one has obverse of Constantine I, AVG abbreviated AV, reverse of Constantine II/Crispus with the completely botched inscription CAEMSARVM NOSTRVM. But Ticinium mint only used DOMINORVM NOSTRORVM CAESS on this series, so this coin is a real hodge-podge of mistakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]438164[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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