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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2955291, member: 31620&quot;]Another new 2018 coin. This one is just a standard CTG LRB but I was captured by the portrait and is often the case with me I was caught by the small details.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Constantine the Great Follis</b></p><p>Obv:– CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing left, holding right hand high in salute and globe,.</p><p>Minted in Trier (F | T / BTR) A.D. 317 - 318</p><p>Reference(s) – RIC VII Trier 161 (R4).</p><p><br /></p><p>4.66 g. 20.58 mm. 180 degrees. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_160gm_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>By small details... in this case I am talking about the engravers marks still visible on the legs, the forearm and the neck of Sol. These are such delicate tool marks and it never ceases to amaze me when these make it onto a coin and for that coin to survive to make it into my hands. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a larger image of the reverse where they are more clearly visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]722418[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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