Hi everyone, I was thinking of getting this coin, I have not seen one like this before,But the legends look wrong to me. Does this coin look OK to you ancient pros? Your thoughts or opinions would be greatly appreciated.
It looks just fine to me. It's a city commemorative struck under Constantine I and his sons, like the ones shown on this page belonging to one of our members: http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/comm/ He also happens to have a good number of attractive examples available for sale that you could consider or use as a basis for comparison.
Ditto to what @zumbly said. Looks fine to me. I'm not into Late Roman bronze, but I do like the Victory reverse on these.
Something about that specific coin is just plain cool. No idea why it jumps out at me more than others, but it does. Being common doesn't make them boring, at least to me.
http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com Well, for crying out loud! This is what I have been needing! Thanks @Victor_Clark.
Looks like your terminal S on the obverse is a bit squished, could cause some confusion. Here is mine from Arles, which I purchased from Victor.
Thanks for the Feedback all, most appreciated. The squished C was what was throwing me off, it looked like a V. I checked out Victors site and store on v coins. Ordered a nice example of this coin from him also. Thanks again!
I have a few of those Winged Victory Commems... They are fun to have with my Roman Rulers: RI commem AE Follis CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS Victory Prow Shield RIC VII Trier 543 RI Commem AE 17 Constantinopolis 227-340 Victory Alexandria RIC VIII 17 RI Commem Urbs Constantinopolis Victory Commem
Here's my Constantinople commemorative contribution... Constantine I, AE3 Constantinople Comm, 337-347 AD Obverse: CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, bust of Constantinopolis left, wearing laureate and crested helmet, necklace and ornamental mantle over left shoulder, holding scepter. Reverse: Victory standing left, foot on prow, holding transverse sceptre and resting left hand on shield with central boss, Star (or dot?) in top right field. Exergue: SMANI. Reference: RIC VIII Antioch 38, rare?
Received my coin from Victor today. That was fast! Thanks Victor. I really like this coin. Constantinopolis Commemorative, A.D.332, RIC VII Arles 363.
