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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Adriaan, post: 8136113, member: 91875&quot;]First of I would like to take the opportunity to wish everyone here on the forum a very happy and healthy 2022! I think 2021 has been a though&nbsp; year for a large number of members and my best wished go to all who&#039;s health has suffered from the pandemic. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do not post often on the forum, mostly because I consider my numismatic knowledge insufficient for a meaningful contribution, but I highly appreciate all the very inspiring postings. Please keep those highly interesting post coming. </p><p><br /></p><p>At first I thought 2021 was not a numismatically fruitful year but making up the final score makes me very satisfied with the end result. Maybe some disappointing results a auctions have affected my first thought.</p><p><br /></p><p>My TOP 10 (order changing from day to day..)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>10)</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1417731[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>DIVO CONSTANTIO MEMORIAE AETERNAE struck by Constantine I for Constantius I</p><p>Not the best flan but one of the more scares variations from the series. I especially like the (Hercules) club above the lion on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>9)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1417739[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1417742[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Two of the four&nbsp; &quot;The London Mint of Constantius &amp; Constantine&quot; plate coins I was able to acquire this year directly from Lee Toone. Although not the most spectacular reverse type, the provenance is highly interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>8)</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1417748[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>IMP MAXENTIVS DIVO CONSTANTIO COGN</p><p>Commemorative coin struck by Maxentius for Constantius I. I really liked the COGN (for Cognat) indicating a kinsman. I already had the ADFINI variation in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>7)</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1417761[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1417762[/ATTACH]</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Two coins (from the total of 4) from the more scares CI-HS series from Lugdunum I was able to add to my collection this year. CI-HS is most likely a mark of value (100 sestertii, with CI=100:1 and HS=Sestertius). Although the more unlikely but interesting &quot;Constantine Imperator Herculius Senior&quot; also has been suggested.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>6)</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1417763[/ATTACH] </b></p><p>Constantine II, SAECVLI FELICITAS. Although a tad rough, this coins is from a very rare issue from Rome. As a bonus it also has a nice bust of Constantine II holding a Victory in his right hand and a map in the left.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>5)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1417765[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1417764[/ATTACH] </p><p>I am slowly building a nice collection of the dynastic anepigraphic small coinage of Constantine and his family. This year I found a Helena from Antiochia (completing the family for this mint) and a Constantius II from Cyzicus. I consider them b very rare.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>4)</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1417768[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>VOT X / ET XV F for Constantine I from the Rome mint with the intriguing EROS mint mark. Unlisted officina P (prima) for this coin. RIC lists only officinae T (tertia) and Q (quarta).</p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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