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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 4377037, member: 98035&quot;]The city commemoratives are linked to the two groups of GLORIA EXERCITVS soldiers and standard(s) coins - from time to time you will see a Roma or Constantinopolis with a soldiers and standard reverse. I think I may have one tucked away in the primordial ooze of my Roman collection, but no pictures now.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like to compare these coins to classic modern series like wheat cents, Indian head cents, or Victoria pennies. They are so abundant that every interested collector could have one (or several) but they are a series that circulated, and as such, top-pop examples will command a hefty premium.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I have noticed is that it is both difficult to find an example minted at the proper city (e.g. Roma minted at Rome, not Siscia or Antioch) and that they command steep premiums.</p><p><br /></p><p>My two examples</p><p><br /></p><p>VRBS ROMA minted at Rome (R-wreath-Q)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1104099[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantinopolis minted at Siscia[ATTACH=full]1104100[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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