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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4472009, member: 19463&quot;]Around the turn of the new millennium, I was spending a lot of time talking to Victor Failmezger who was in the process of writing his book on late Roman bronzes. I started buying more of them and fewer Severans since I lacked anyone to talk to about them at that time. After a while I tired of so many coins having only minor differences and really spread out becoming a much more general collector.&nbsp; These are some of my favorites from the period in question.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ordinary in so many ways, I had to have this Maximinus II just because of the oval flan and odd eye.&nbsp; Rome mint was original in many ways.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112556[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Also Rome was a not great condition Licinius I with the epwc mintmark.&nbsp; This was the only one I found for him and I never found a Licinius II.&nbsp; The ones for Constantine and his sons were hardly common but more so than the Licinii it seemed.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112557[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I liked the issues for Licinius II as a young Caesar that used a tiny portrait bust in keeping with his young age.&nbsp; This is from Heraclea which seemed to do a better job applying silver wash to the coins since there are so many that retain it today.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112558[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For Constantine I, I like the issues in his name by Maxentius during a period they were friendly.&nbsp; This is a Rome mint AE1.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112562[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite Constantine is a very ordinary Rome mint AE3 severely double struck from a reverse die that had considerable damage from die clashing.&nbsp; The doubling of the incuse shadows proves that this was from die damage rather than a striking artifact.&nbsp; When I got it, many people were having trouble separating die clashes from the rare restruck brockages.&nbsp; This coin made a great illustration for my page on the subject.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112563[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I liked the forehead hair style of this Kyzikos &quot;12 1/2&quot; follis for Constantine by Licinius.&nbsp; It also gained points in my book as from the same RIC issue as the coins of Martinian that I will never own.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112564[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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