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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2696379, member: 19463&quot;]If you want to avoid coins of Constantine I, avoid buying heavy ones.&nbsp; The Commemoratives were issued as part of the same series that brought you the Two Soldiers types.&nbsp; The weight standard fell when they changed from two standards to one.&nbsp; Constantine died shortly after the change so some lighter coins were made during his lifetime but all of the heavy ones were earlier.&nbsp; When you have the coins in hand, the difference is much more obvious than when seeing photos.&nbsp; Below are two Alexandria mint examples.&nbsp; The first is the heaviest early one I have at 3.1g while the second is 1,6g and dates to the &#039;one standard&#039; period.&nbsp; I wish I could give a cutoff number where you could count on a sure separation but coins weighing in the lower 2g area need to be looked up in RIC or compared to Two Soldiers coins of that same mint.&nbsp;&nbsp; Looking them up requires making a decision as to whether you look in RIC volume VII or VIII.&nbsp; If the coin is heavy, try VII.&nbsp; You may find some coins that seem to be listed in both volumes but I suspect the difference would be more obvious if you had a thousand of the things and could &#039;feel&#039; the difference and compare big guys with small fry.&nbsp; Whenever we show these coins in photos, it would be good to give a weight. </p><p><br /></p><p>RIC volume VII page 712 #63 Alexandria&nbsp; 3.1g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]605873[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>RIC volume VIII page 539 #8 Alexandria 1.6g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]605872[/ATTACH] </p><p>Certainly many 2.1g fence straddlers will be found but this is a guideline not dogma.&nbsp; The same works for the Constantinopolis coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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