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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8472542, member: 26430"]Oof, I'd love to have one of those! I missed my chance when Forvm had them available.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the lots I got from CNG's sale of the Kenneth Bressett Collection was a group of four Constantine AE3s from the "Lincoln Higgie Hoard" (Turkey, 1967). Interestingly, they were all from different mints:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ANTIOCH:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1500735[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>SISCIA</b>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1500734[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>THESSALONICA</b>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1500733[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>CONSTANTINOPLE</b>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1500732[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Same sale (Ken Bressett), but not from the so-called "Lincoln Higgie Hoard," I got a couple of SOLI INVICTO COMITI types from <b>ROME</b>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1500736[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Others, unrelated to those above, from my "captives collection":</p><p>This one (with trophy not vexillum, a bit scarcer) is a <b>TRIER</b>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1500737[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>At least one nicer example of the following has been posted, but here's another Sarmatian captive type from <b>SIRMIUM</b>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1500738[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, a <b>TICINUM</b>. Including my Lugdunum earlier, I think that makes 9 mints for my Constantines shown (10 if you count Crispus Londinium). Another captives, of course (I really liked the detail on this particular pair):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1500739[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8472542, member: 26430"]Oof, I'd love to have one of those! I missed my chance when Forvm had them available. One of the lots I got from CNG's sale of the Kenneth Bressett Collection was a group of four Constantine AE3s from the "Lincoln Higgie Hoard" (Turkey, 1967). Interestingly, they were all from different mints: [B]ANTIOCH:[/B] [ATTACH=full]1500735[/ATTACH] [B]SISCIA[/B]: [ATTACH=full]1500734[/ATTACH] [B]THESSALONICA[/B]: [ATTACH=full]1500733[/ATTACH] [B]CONSTANTINOPLE[/B]: [ATTACH=full]1500732[/ATTACH] Same sale (Ken Bressett), but not from the so-called "Lincoln Higgie Hoard," I got a couple of SOLI INVICTO COMITI types from [B]ROME[/B]: [ATTACH=full]1500736[/ATTACH] Others, unrelated to those above, from my "captives collection": This one (with trophy not vexillum, a bit scarcer) is a [B]TRIER[/B]: [ATTACH=full]1500737[/ATTACH] At least one nicer example of the following has been posted, but here's another Sarmatian captive type from [B]SIRMIUM[/B]: [ATTACH=full]1500738[/ATTACH] Finally, a [B]TICINUM[/B]. Including my Lugdunum earlier, I think that makes 9 mints for my Constantines shown (10 if you count Crispus Londinium). Another captives, of course (I really liked the detail on this particular pair): [ATTACH=full]1500739[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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