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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3254085, member: 19463&quot;]Some of us fear that ancients as represented here on Coin Talk are on that same path.&nbsp; I relish seeing posts here by new collectors that do not ask the questions about fakes, slabs or worth.&nbsp; We answer many of the ones on those topics but it is refreshing to think that there might be someone new to the hobby whose interest goes beyond that.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I will be interested in any tips Victor has to offer but my way of telling whether a Constantine Augustus is father or son is to look up the coin in the RIC catalog and see if that same issue from that same mint included coins in the name of brothers Constantius and Constans as Caesars or as Augusti.&nbsp; I wish we could point to the portraits as &#039;old guy&#039; or &#039;young guy&#039; but for beginners in the Late Roman hobby (not my specialty) book help a lot.&nbsp; Four other Constantine II as Augustus coins:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]854572[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]854573[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]854574[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]854575[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The last two are particularly noteworthy since the obverse legends include MAX noting that the title passed from the deceased father to the sons.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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