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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4726355, member: 74834"]I have only two of this type. An ordinary Cyzicus: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1157444[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And an unusual type, that I bought some years ago at a JAZ auction here on CoinTalk. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1157445[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine dynasty, Heraclea, AE3, AD 336-337. VRBS ROMA commemorative. Obv. Helmeted head of Roma left. Rev. Two soldiers with one standard between them. GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS; // SMHE (this is not an E, but a Greek letter Epsilon, meaning 'Officina 5'.). 17 mm, 1.71 gr. </p><p><br /></p><p>A mule with ROMA obverse and GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse! This is an intentionally muled design. There are several types, that only occur from the Heraclea, Constantinople, Cyzicus, and Nicomedia mints - a phenomenon from the Eastern part of the Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking through CoinTalk in search of a <i>Why were these made?</i> (encountering this same coin once or twice - I'm very happy with it, [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER]!) I found this in an old thread by [USER=82549]@gsimonel[/USER]: </p><p><i>"These are much scarcer than the regular Roma coins. Nobody knows for sure why they were minted. Though scarce, there are far too many of them to have been a mistake (a mule). One possibility is that they were minted during the interregnum--the three-month period after the death of Constantine I, but before the ascension of his sons to co-Augusti. But, like I said, nobody really knows for sure."</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4726355, member: 74834"]I have only two of this type. An ordinary Cyzicus: [ATTACH=full]1157444[/ATTACH] And an unusual type, that I bought some years ago at a JAZ auction here on CoinTalk. [ATTACH=full]1157445[/ATTACH] Constantine dynasty, Heraclea, AE3, AD 336-337. VRBS ROMA commemorative. Obv. Helmeted head of Roma left. Rev. Two soldiers with one standard between them. GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS; // SMHE (this is not an E, but a Greek letter Epsilon, meaning 'Officina 5'.). 17 mm, 1.71 gr. A mule with ROMA obverse and GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse! This is an intentionally muled design. There are several types, that only occur from the Heraclea, Constantinople, Cyzicus, and Nicomedia mints - a phenomenon from the Eastern part of the Empire. Looking through CoinTalk in search of a [I]Why were these made?[/I] (encountering this same coin once or twice - I'm very happy with it, [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER]!) I found this in an old thread by [USER=82549]@gsimonel[/USER]: [I]"These are much scarcer than the regular Roma coins. Nobody knows for sure why they were minted. Though scarce, there are far too many of them to have been a mistake (a mule). One possibility is that they were minted during the interregnum--the three-month period after the death of Constantine I, but before the ascension of his sons to co-Augusti. But, like I said, nobody really knows for sure."[/I][/QUOTE]
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