Here's tall the boys from Constantinople Constantine I A.D. 326-327 Ӕ nummus 19mm 3.4g CONSTANTINVS AVG; Laureate head right. PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, • in archway, ✶ above; in left field A. in ex. CONS RIC VII Constantinople 7 Crispus A.D. 326 19mm 2.7g CRISPVS NOB CAES; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS; campgate with two turrets and star between them; in left field B. in ex. CONS RIC VII Constantinople 8 Constantine II A.D. 326- 327 18mm 3.1g CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS; campgate with two turrets and star between them, in left field B in ex. CONS RIC VII Constantinople 9 Constantius II A.D. 326- 327 Ӕ nummus 18mm 2.7g FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left. PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS; campgate with two turrets and star between them, in left field A in ex. CONS RIC VII Constantinople 10/21
A very nice group! I like them all, but the 1st and 3rd are my faves. Lovely examples! The 1st though is an eye-catcher due to the height of the archway. It takes up the full lower 5 levels of the 7-layer campgate. p.s.: What a family they were! Much worse than virtually any "blended family issue" today. Paranoia, megalomania, fratricide, and filicide. :-o What a dark opera their dynastic struggle would make.
CONTINED FROM ABOVE: Speaking of the potential for turning their stories into a dark opera... I just realized the cast's star would best be played by a Narrator role, using the scary "Slender Man" for the part. He would be just the right height and size to walk through that extra tall archway. ;-o
