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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Genio popvli romani, post: 3112820, member: 94940&quot;]About the frond issue, he has checked the material cited by Bruun and the two GE coins have been misdiscribed. The Only &quot;good&quot; specimen is the nummus from Wien (RIC.270 pictured in Bastien) wearing the frond in field, not in the exergue. So he decided to give this coin a number in his catalog but tought it was impossible at that time to &quot;recreate&quot; a whole issue based on this unique example.</p><p>Note that in the La Chapelle-lès-Luxeuil hoard, 15518 Constantinian nummi including 9868 coins issued from 330 to 335 with 1732 from Lyon, no wreath or frond coin has been listed.</p><p>About the size of the coins, all UR and Constantinopolis were struck at 1/132 of a pound with a diameter of the grènetis c. 17mm for the PLG and crescentPLG issues and c.16mm (off flan most of the time) for the others, and after the 336 reduction coins were struck at 1/192 o.a.p. with a diameter of the grènetis c.15-16mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>A Constantinopolis with wreath in field (16mm - 3.4g) that seems to be official.</p><p><img src="http://www.nummus-bible-database.com/images/800x376/13041.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Another one with wreath in the exergue but from the second officina (2.3g)</p><p><img src="http://www.notinric.lechstepniewski.info/7lyo260_zoom.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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