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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 4191904, member: 10613"]It is probably my current favorite coin. Not in RIC for the L2 l. bust, it should be listed after Lyons 61. It is, however, in Bastien, with one example noted-- Bastien 605. RIC describes the bust as Imperatorial gestus. The word gestus is a great German word for this bust type- a combination of physical gestures and "gist" or attitude… I call it my sign language coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine I</p><p>A.D. 316</p><p>19mm 3.5gm</p><p>CONSTANTINVS AVG; bust left, laureate, cuirassed and raising right hand.</p><p>SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI; Sol rad., raising r. hand, globe in l.; stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder. A/S across fields.</p><p>in ex. PLG</p><p>RIC VII Lyons --; Bastien 605</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1076194[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 4191904, member: 10613"]It is probably my current favorite coin. Not in RIC for the L2 l. bust, it should be listed after Lyons 61. It is, however, in Bastien, with one example noted-- Bastien 605. RIC describes the bust as Imperatorial gestus. The word gestus is a great German word for this bust type- a combination of physical gestures and "gist" or attitude… I call it my sign language coin. Constantine I A.D. 316 19mm 3.5gm CONSTANTINVS AVG; bust left, laureate, cuirassed and raising right hand. SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI; Sol rad., raising r. hand, globe in l.; stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder. A/S across fields. in ex. PLG RIC VII Lyons --; Bastien 605 [ATTACH=full]1076194[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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