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<p>[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 4963457, member: 83956"]That’s a good question. Early Constantine folles, say from around 306, especially in the east, feature him with a mustache. I’m not sure the die engravers quite knew what he looked like. By 312 or 313, he would certainly be a known entity. But he’s not controlling the Antioch mint. I think that’s either Licinius or Maximinus Daia at this time—I would have to check my sources. But that means those engravers might have a freer hand in representing the new western Augustus. Why they would opt for the mustache is still a lingering question. The possibility that they were basing new dies on older dies is an attractive one. Compare, for example, this issue from about 306 that I purchased recently from Valentinian. A sweet mustache on this scarce coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1193030[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 4963457, member: 83956"]That’s a good question. Early Constantine folles, say from around 306, especially in the east, feature him with a mustache. I’m not sure the die engravers quite knew what he looked like. By 312 or 313, he would certainly be a known entity. But he’s not controlling the Antioch mint. I think that’s either Licinius or Maximinus Daia at this time—I would have to check my sources. But that means those engravers might have a freer hand in representing the new western Augustus. Why they would opt for the mustache is still a lingering question. The possibility that they were basing new dies on older dies is an attractive one. Compare, for example, this issue from about 306 that I purchased recently from Valentinian. A sweet mustache on this scarce coin. [ATTACH=full]1193030[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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