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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 5136643, member: 83956&quot;]I am working on a project in which I survey the SOL STANDING reverse variations for Constantine’s coinage struck between 310 and 319. Nearly all of these coins bear the legend SOLI INVICTO COMITI. I am not concerned with the “dual bust” type with this legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what am I considering a significant variant? That’s a good question, and one I&#039;m still working on. Admittedly, my approach has not been strictly uniform. Typically, the variant will involve an attribute, like a whip or globe or captive. I am not considering posture differences, such as which of Sol’s legs is bent, except for the rare “Sol facing” reverse from Ticinum. I am also not looking at line breaks in the legend, nor control marks, with the exception of the Latin cross that appears in the left field of some Ticinum issues. It’s been suggested (by [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] and others) that this mark is evidence of a Christian die engraver at Ticinum and thus is something more than a simple control mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not concerned with obverse variations, though if someone has a really interesting obverse (e.g., Constantine wearing trabea) I would love to see it. @VictorClark had a SOLI INVICTO COMITI coin with Constantine making the “imperial gestus.” Very cool.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>All this is to say that if folks on this board are aware of any variations I haven’t thought of, or if you have some interesting or attractive coins of this type, I’d love to see them. Have I listed them all? Am I missing anything? </b></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s a quick illustration of the reverse variants I note so far:</p><p><br /></p><p>MOST COMMON TYPE: SOL HOLDING GLOBE, WITH RAISED HAND. </p><p>(Struck at London, Trier, Lyon, Ticinum, Aquileia, Rome, Ostia, Arles, and Siscia):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205220[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>SOL ADVANCING WITH GLOBE. LUGDUNUM:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205221[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>SOL ADVANCING WITH WHIP. LUGDUNUM:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205222[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>COMITI AVGG NN. LONDON:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205223[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>CROSS (?) CONTROL MARK. TICINUM:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205224[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>SOL WITH GLOBE AND WHIP. TICINUM:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205225[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>SOL FACING. TICINUM:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205226[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>SOL HOLDING VICTORY ON GLOBE. ROME:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205227[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>SOL WITH CAPTIVE. ROME. (THESE WERE STRUCK AT AQUILEIA TOO.):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1205228[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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