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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2331898, member: 57495&quot;]If you were to own only one coin of Constantine the Great, the Constantiniana Dafne is IMHO the one to get.&nbsp; [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] did a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-constantiniana-dafne.249839/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-constantiniana-dafne.249839/">great writeup</a> of the type some time ago, so I won&#039;t rehash what he has already covered.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been keeping my eyes open for a decent example to bid on, but happily, discovered this one unexpectedly in a mixed lot of LRBs.&nbsp; It&#039;s in pretty good shape, is well-centered, and still has abundant silvering... much too nice to have been consigned to a group lot, I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]472806[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CONSTANTINE I</b></p><p>AE3</p><p>3.12g, 20mm</p><p>Constantinople mint, AD 328 </p><p>RIC VII 32 </p><p>O: CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed head of Constantine right, looking up to the heavens. </p><p>R: CONSTANTINI-ANA DAFNE, Victory seated left on cippus, palm branch in left hand and laurel branch in right hand, looking right, spurning a captive kneeling left with head turned right; a shield at her foot and a trophy before her; gamma in left field, CONS in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>This series comes with a variety of obverse bust types, but I especially like the one-two punch of the reverse iconography coupled with the &#039;eyes to heaven&#039; bust.&nbsp; As of 1989, a not-in-RIC anepigraphic bust type has emerged, but they remain rare and nice ones can cost mucho denarii.&nbsp; Victor Clark has some pages on the Constantiniana Dafne coins if you want to <a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/DAFNE/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/DAFNE/" rel="nofollow">read more</a> about them or just <a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/dafgal/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/dafgal/" rel="nofollow">see other examples</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, my original point is probably moot... we don&#039;t need to own just one measly Constantine coin, right?&nbsp; Show your Constantiniana Dafne or any other Constantine coins you like <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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