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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2141447, member: 19463&quot;]Last week I posted my new Constantine II that was anything but common and cheap.&nbsp; Today I&#039;ll show three coins similar but different.&nbsp; Two of them were $10 each and the third was $12 (I see little justification for that difference but I agree that all should be cheap).&nbsp; Some people would say it would be better to buy one coin at $32 but I already have quite a few of Constantine II and did not buy these for their grade or anything beyond what I mention below.&nbsp; The seller had others in the general bracket but these were the ones I liked.</p><p><br /></p><p>We will start with one from London.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]409728[/ATTACH] </p><p>I understand there is an appeal in England for Roman coins made there but I live a ocean away and mainly liked this one because it had good eye appeal and smooth surfaces with a few lumps of distraction the worst being some green on the nose. Young Constantine seems to have had trouble with allergies like so many of us this time of year.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Second is one from Lugdunum:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]409726[/ATTACH] </p><p>This was the expensive $12 one and I do not like the rough surfaces one little bit.&nbsp; I do like the dative obverse legend (CONSTANTINO), the small portrait and the mintwark including two seated captives separating the PL.&nbsp; Some might like it for being an R5 (RIC 90 page 128) but we all know that is meaningless.&nbsp; I wasted a lot of money at that show more seriously than the $12 on this one.&nbsp; Is it $2 better than the London?&nbsp; Maybe???&nbsp; Do I wish it had the surfaces of the London?&nbsp; Yup!</p><p><br /></p><p>Last is my favorite of the three (also $10):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]409732[/ATTACH] </p><p>Heraclea is not my favorite mint and this is a pretty average Jupiter reverse coin in many respects but I like it for political reasons.&nbsp; Licinius attempted a currency reform in areas under his control reducing the value of the AE3 coin from 25 to 12 1/2 denarii of account.&nbsp; This was marked on the back by the XIIs in the right field.&nbsp; These coins are common for Licinius II (RIC says scarce but I see too many of them) but less often seen for Constantine&#039;s young son (RIC only says R1 but I did not have this one).&nbsp; It is a well made coin with less than perfect but not ugly surfaces. It is, as they say, &#039;better in hand&#039;.&nbsp; I may have to shoot it again but I still have new coins yet untried today.&nbsp; My wife flies back from Switzerland tomorrow and I will be doing vacation pictures for the rest of the week/month so this will do for now.</p><p><br /></p><p>This post invites Constantine II, XIIs coins, dative legend obverses and London issues.&nbsp;&nbsp; We already have a perfectly good thread on $10 coins but I did not want to steal that one si started this anew.&nbsp; Pile on at will.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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