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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2177777, member: 42773"]I've mentioned before that I'm collecting a mint set of Constans GLORIA EXERCITVS types with two standards. These are some of the scarcest two-standards types because by the time these coins were being minted for Constans, it wasn't long (a few months) before a monetary reform altered the type to the smaller one-standard issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most recently, I've added three mints to my set: the very elusive Cyzicus (the only one I've seen in a year of hunting), Constantinopolis, and Antioch. The Cyzicus coin is in hand (my pic), the other two are on the way (dealers' pics).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]421269[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421270[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421273[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I now have nine mints. I'm not certain how many mints were producing these coins. I need to comb through RIC and figure that out, in addition to cataloging the varieties. As soon as I have the new coins in hand, I'm going to re-image all of them and report back. I'm sure you're all going to be waiting with baited breath! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie40" alt=":dead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2177777, member: 42773"]I've mentioned before that I'm collecting a mint set of Constans GLORIA EXERCITVS types with two standards. These are some of the scarcest two-standards types because by the time these coins were being minted for Constans, it wasn't long (a few months) before a monetary reform altered the type to the smaller one-standard issues. Most recently, I've added three mints to my set: the very elusive Cyzicus (the only one I've seen in a year of hunting), Constantinopolis, and Antioch. The Cyzicus coin is in hand (my pic), the other two are on the way (dealers' pics). [ATTACH=full]421269[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421270[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]421273[/ATTACH] I now have nine mints. I'm not certain how many mints were producing these coins. I need to comb through RIC and figure that out, in addition to cataloging the varieties. As soon as I have the new coins in hand, I'm going to re-image all of them and report back. I'm sure you're all going to be waiting with baited breath! :dead:[/QUOTE]
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