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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1656413, member: 42773&quot;]These are AE4s minted under the authority of Constantine II after his father&#039;s death in 337. The type I&#039;m most drawn to is the emperor driving a quadriga to heaven - a problematic device for small coins because of its complexity. (I believe the only other type is of Constantine I standing, togate and veiled.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The standing types are easy to come by and occur in fairly high grades. I wouldn&#039;t say the quadrigas are rare, but definitely scarce. It&#039;s one of those coins that you need several examples of to properly illustrate the type. This is what they look like...</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s2.postimage.org/3pkdqw41l/quadriga2a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>At first glance it may appear that these coins are the result of shoddy engraving, but they are small - very small. The one at the top is 15mm, and the lower 13mm. So think small...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s23.postimage.org/b47s2bn8b/quadriga2asmall.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>From a distance of even a foot, it becomes rather impressive that the engravers got as much detail in as they did, in such a tiny space.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I just thought I&#039;d throw that out there - seems kind of slow today. If you&#039;ve got any wisdom to offer on this series, do tell! Or post a small coin with copious detail, or if you&#039;re stevex, post whatever you darn well please. It&#039;s all good. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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