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<p>[QUOTE="Clavdivs, post: 3414838, member: 93702"]I received this Constantinoplis recently ... six months after acquiring the VRBS Roma below (both from [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] ).. I love the coins and the history they represent.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know these are "old hat" for most here but I also wanted to share a quote from Valentinian's site (I hope he doesn't mind):</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>"Even very common coins are interesting. The fact they were common proves they were important--and therefore historically significant--in a way that rarities are not."</b></i></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/CONSTANTINOPOLIS.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/CONSTANTINOPOLIS.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/CONSTANTINOPOLIS.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your City Commemoratives!</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]906237[/ATTACH]</p><p>A.D. 332-3 </p><p>18mm 2.38gm </p><p>Obv. CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS laureate, helmeted, wearing imperial mantle, holding scepter. </p><p>Rev. Victory stg. on prow, holding long scepter in r. hand, and resting l. hand on shield. </p><p>in ex. TR •P </p><p>RIC VII Trier 543</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]906241[/ATTACH] </p><p>A.D. 330-1</p><p>16.95mm 2.35gm</p><p>VRBS-ROMA; [City of Rome] Roma, helmeted, wearing imperial cloak.</p><p>Rev. She-wolf left with twins (Romulus and Remus); above, two stars.</p><p>In ex. TRS dot</p><p>RIC VII Trier 529[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clavdivs, post: 3414838, member: 93702"]I received this Constantinoplis recently ... six months after acquiring the VRBS Roma below (both from [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] ).. I love the coins and the history they represent. I know these are "old hat" for most here but I also wanted to share a quote from Valentinian's site (I hope he doesn't mind): [I][B]"Even very common coins are interesting. The fact they were common proves they were important--and therefore historically significant--in a way that rarities are not."[/B][/I] [url]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/CONSTANTINOPOLIS.html[/url] [I][B][/B][/I] Please post your City Commemoratives! [ATTACH=full]906237[/ATTACH] A.D. 332-3 18mm 2.38gm Obv. CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS laureate, helmeted, wearing imperial mantle, holding scepter. Rev. Victory stg. on prow, holding long scepter in r. hand, and resting l. hand on shield. in ex. TR •P RIC VII Trier 543 [ATTACH=full]906241[/ATTACH] A.D. 330-1 16.95mm 2.35gm VRBS-ROMA; [City of Rome] Roma, helmeted, wearing imperial cloak. Rev. She-wolf left with twins (Romulus and Remus); above, two stars. In ex. TRS dot RIC VII Trier 529[/QUOTE]
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