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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 8262788, member: 31620&quot;]As many of you know I quite like the minutiae when it comes to ancients. The folowing coin epitomises this. This is not a significant find and I am not claiming that this is a new type or anything like that but the following coin just has sufficient difference to the normal depiction of Sol to capture my attention.</p><p><br /></p><p>Follis</p><p>Obv:– IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing left holding globe in left and raising right</p><p>Minted in London (T | F / PLN) A.D. Autumn A.D. 310</p><p>Reference(s) – RIC VI London 122 var. LMCC 6.02.011 var</p><p><br /></p><p>Brushing from cleaning (not me) has exposed the bronze through the patina on the hogh points as often happens. Small, hard, green encrustations remain visible on both sides.</p><p><br /></p><p>4.47g. 23.55 mm. 180 degrees</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1457506[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sol is usually depicted as holding the globe sitting in a flat palm and in this pose the chlamys draped to the left of the globe, Here the globe is bein held with the palm wrapped around the outside of the globe with the globve towards the body. The chlamys in this case drapes to the right. The RIC plate coin (Plate 1) of this type can be seen to be the normal depiction. I am not claiming this ti be a different type but an variation applied by the engraver but it certainly stands out as being different alongside it&#039;s peers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the RIC plate for RIC 122.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1457504[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And the following is RIC VI London 121a, which is the same type but cuirassed instead of cuirassed and draped.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1457505[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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