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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 2204725, member: 56653&quot;]A couple weeks ago, CGB auctioned one of the most impressive coins of Constantine that I have ever seen. So, while I usually try to contain my posts here at 1/day, today I&#039;ll make an exception to address this coin too:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>CONSTANTINE AE19mm 3.18g Follis/Nummus (aXF/VF+, glossy green patina) </b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b><br /></b></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4">AV: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG COS IIII; laureate, wearing decorated trabea, holding globe in r. hand bust l.</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4">REV: SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI; Sol stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, raising r. hand, globe in l. hand. TF in left field, star in right field. </font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4">EXE: PLG, Lugdunum mint.</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4">REF: unlisted in RIC VII for obv. legend and bust type; should be <b>after RIC VII Lugdunum 37</b>, listed only in Bastien Supplement 1 </font>579a,<font size="4"> 315AD.</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4">This coin confirms another example, noted in </font><a href="http://notinric.lechstepniewski.info/7lyo-37_m2l.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://notinric.lechstepniewski.info/7lyo-37_m2l.html" rel="nofollow">NOT IN RIC</a><font size="4">. Extremely rare, <b>3rd known example</b>. </font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]429963[/ATTACH] </font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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