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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3050619, member: 84744"]A wonderful presentation of how LRBs (late Roman bronzes) can be truly fascinating! I especially love your eros-amor mintmark.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a follis of Galerius as Caesar which, like yours, has a more realistic portrait:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]763318[/ATTACH]</p><p>Trier, issued 300-301</p><p><br /></p><p>And a few other fun/interesting LRBs...</p><p><br /></p><p>Rare issue of Domitius Domitianus in the name of Constantius I (Alexandria), father of Constantine the Great:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]763319[/ATTACH]</p><p>(For those coming from outside the Ancients board to this post: many of these LRBs were originally silvered; the silvering is still present on this coin.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Diocletian abdication issue:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]763321[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the last numismatic depictions of one of the old pagan gods (Mars in this case):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]763322[/ATTACH]</p><p>Constantine the Great, Trier, issued 307-308</p><p><br /></p><p>Head on a platter!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]763323[/ATTACH]</p><p>Maximinus II as Augustus, Alexandria, 308-313</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a helmeted Licinius to go with your Constantines:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]763324[/ATTACH]</p><p>Rome 318-19, rare</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the earliest Christian symbols on a coin, the chi-rho on Crispus's shield:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]763325[/ATTACH]</p><p>Trier, 322-23, extremely rare</p><p><br /></p><p>And finally, jumping to the early 5th century, an issue from Rome celebrating the city's luck (VRBS ROMA FELIX). Its luck would not last much longer: it was about to be sacked for the first time in 800 years, by the Visigoths. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie55" alt=":hurting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]763326[/ATTACH]</p><p>Arcadius or Honorius, issued 404-408, Rome mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3050619, member: 84744"]A wonderful presentation of how LRBs (late Roman bronzes) can be truly fascinating! I especially love your eros-amor mintmark. Here's a follis of Galerius as Caesar which, like yours, has a more realistic portrait: [ATTACH=full]763318[/ATTACH] Trier, issued 300-301 And a few other fun/interesting LRBs... Rare issue of Domitius Domitianus in the name of Constantius I (Alexandria), father of Constantine the Great: [ATTACH=full]763319[/ATTACH] (For those coming from outside the Ancients board to this post: many of these LRBs were originally silvered; the silvering is still present on this coin.) Diocletian abdication issue: [ATTACH=full]763321[/ATTACH] One of the last numismatic depictions of one of the old pagan gods (Mars in this case): [ATTACH=full]763322[/ATTACH] Constantine the Great, Trier, issued 307-308 Head on a platter! [ATTACH=full]763323[/ATTACH] Maximinus II as Augustus, Alexandria, 308-313 Here's a helmeted Licinius to go with your Constantines: [ATTACH=full]763324[/ATTACH] Rome 318-19, rare One of the earliest Christian symbols on a coin, the chi-rho on Crispus's shield: [ATTACH=full]763325[/ATTACH] Trier, 322-23, extremely rare And finally, jumping to the early 5th century, an issue from Rome celebrating the city's luck (VRBS ROMA FELIX). Its luck would not last much longer: it was about to be sacked for the first time in 800 years, by the Visigoths. :hurting: [ATTACH=full]763326[/ATTACH] Arcadius or Honorius, issued 404-408, Rome mint.[/QUOTE]
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