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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3928490, member: 96898"]Nice. Indeed, very nice! That's a beautiful coin and one of my favorite LRB reverse types.</p><p><br /></p><p>My example is from the Lyon mint:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1035448[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Constantine I, Roman Empire, AE3, 323–324 AD, Lugdunum mint. Obv: CONSTANTINVS AUG; head of Constantine I, laureate, r. Rev: SARMATIA DEVICTA; Victory, winged, draped, advancing r., holding trophy on r. arm and branch in l. hand, spurning a seated captive. 18mm, 3.61g. Ref: RIC VII Lugdunum 222.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">And here is a humble Constantius II of the fallen horseman type from Sirmium:</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1035449[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font size="3">Constantius II, Roman Empire, AE3, 351–355 AD, Sirmium mint. Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG; bust of Constantius II, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO; Helmeted soldier to l., shield on l.arm, spearing falling horseman; shield on ground at r. Horseman is bareheaded, turns to face soldier, and extends l. arm; in exergue, ?SIRM. 18.5mm, 2.95g. RIC VIII Sirmium 48.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3928490, member: 96898"]Nice. Indeed, very nice! That's a beautiful coin and one of my favorite LRB reverse types. My example is from the Lyon mint: [ATTACH=full]1035448[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Constantine I, Roman Empire, AE3, 323–324 AD, Lugdunum mint. Obv: CONSTANTINVS AUG; head of Constantine I, laureate, r. Rev: SARMATIA DEVICTA; Victory, winged, draped, advancing r., holding trophy on r. arm and branch in l. hand, spurning a seated captive. 18mm, 3.61g. Ref: RIC VII Lugdunum 222. [SIZE=4]And here is a humble Constantius II of the fallen horseman type from Sirmium:[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][SIZE=4][ATTACH=full]1035449[/ATTACH] [/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Constantius II, Roman Empire, AE3, 351–355 AD, Sirmium mint. Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG; bust of Constantius II, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO; Helmeted soldier to l., shield on l.arm, spearing falling horseman; shield on ground at r. Horseman is bareheaded, turns to face soldier, and extends l. arm; in exergue, ?SIRM. 18.5mm, 2.95g. RIC VIII Sirmium 48.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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