Is this a Barbaric imitation of Constantine ?

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  1. bcuda

    bcuda El Ibérico loco

    This coin just does not look like any Constantine I have ever seen.
    Is it a barbaric copy, or what is it ?

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  3. red_spork

    red_spork Triumvir monetalis

    This is not Constantine but his father Constantius I aka Constantius Chlorus. You can find a few similar coins on his wildwinds page.
     
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  4. Orange Julius

    Orange Julius Well-Known Member

    That’s because it’s his father Constantius.

    legend reads: CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES

    It is an official coin.

    @red_spork just beat me to it.
     
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  5. bcuda

    bcuda El Ibérico loco

    Sorry I think I found it.

    Constantius I as Caesar Post-Reforem Radiate Antoninianus, Rome.

    FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
    VOT XX Gamma in three lines within laurel wreath.

    RIC VI Rome 87a
     
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    Severus Alexander find me at NumisForums

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