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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2050287, member: 42773"]Chris is right about the Constantine. The left-facing bust with consular robes and eagle-tipped staff is quite scarce. RIC calls it common, but try and find one as nice as the OP's. Much more common among the left busts of this period are the coins of Crispus and Constantine II, but they don't get the royal accoutrements - just shields and spears and victories on globes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like this coin very much - it's exactly the sort of less-common Constantinian aes that I look to cherry-pick.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2050287, member: 42773"]Chris is right about the Constantine. The left-facing bust with consular robes and eagle-tipped staff is quite scarce. RIC calls it common, but try and find one as nice as the OP's. Much more common among the left busts of this period are the coins of Crispus and Constantine II, but they don't get the royal accoutrements - just shields and spears and victories on globes. I like this coin very much - it's exactly the sort of less-common Constantinian aes that I look to cherry-pick.[/QUOTE]
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