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<p>[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4742875, member: 73473"]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">As someone who has been purchasing Seleucid tetradrachms like they are going out of style, I am very used to seeing diademed kings on coins. However, the other day I was browsing eBay and I came across a lovely Crispus AE-3 from Thessalonica. The first thing I noticed was that Crispus is not wearing a diademed but a laurel wreath.</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">According to Victor Clark, Constantine I abandoned the laurel wreath due to it's pagan connotations along with the desire to be viewed in the similar vain as a hellenistic monarch. From what I can tell the last Roman coins to use laurel wreaths were the Caesar coinages of Crispus, Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans. When Gallus and later Julian II became Caesars decades later they are depicted bare headed instead wearing the traditional laurel wreath. </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">As for the man on the money; Crispus was the oldest son of Constantine I by way of his concubine/first wife. Crispus was an able military commander, who helped win a decisive naval victory over Licinius in 324. My coin was struck at Crispus's high point in 324, when it looked like the Roman Empire would have a capable and level headed successor to Constantine I. It was not to be, two years latter Crispus would be put to death by his father for unknown reasons. </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">Fun fact</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman">According to Douglas Smith's article titled </font><i><font face="Times New Roman">Buying Power of Ancient Coins,</font></i><font face="Times New Roman"> he states that two silvered AE-3 could buy a loaf of bread.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman">Please post your later laurel wreath coins!!!</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman">[ATTACH=full]1159249[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman"> [ATTACH=full]1159250[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">Crispus, Caesar - Thessalonica, 324 CE. Æ follis,</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES laureate, draped, cuirassed bust left</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT X in two lines in </font><font size="4">wreath</font><font size="5">; below: TSΔVI. </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">RIC 125.</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">2.67 grams</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">19mm</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">Silvered AE-3 </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">Fun reading </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/CONSTANTINE_THE_GREAT_THE_COINS_SPEAK.Pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/CONSTANTINE_THE_GREAT_THE_COINS_SPEAK.Pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/CONSTANTINE_THE_GREAT_THE_COINS_SPEAK.Pdf</a></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Buying%20Power%20of%20Ancient%20Coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Buying%20Power%20of%20Ancient%20Coins" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Buying Power of Ancient Coins</a></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4742875, member: 73473"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5]As someone who has been purchasing Seleucid tetradrachms like they are going out of style, I am very used to seeing diademed kings on coins. However, the other day I was browsing eBay and I came across a lovely Crispus AE-3 from Thessalonica. The first thing I noticed was that Crispus is not wearing a diademed but a laurel wreath. According to Victor Clark, Constantine I abandoned the laurel wreath due to it's pagan connotations along with the desire to be viewed in the similar vain as a hellenistic monarch. From what I can tell the last Roman coins to use laurel wreaths were the Caesar coinages of Crispus, Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans. When Gallus and later Julian II became Caesars decades later they are depicted bare headed instead wearing the traditional laurel wreath. As for the man on the money; Crispus was the oldest son of Constantine I by way of his concubine/first wife. Crispus was an able military commander, who helped win a decisive naval victory over Licinius in 324. My coin was struck at Crispus's high point in 324, when it looked like the Roman Empire would have a capable and level headed successor to Constantine I. It was not to be, two years latter Crispus would be put to death by his father for unknown reasons. Fun fact[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman]According to Douglas Smith's article titled [/FONT][I][FONT=Times New Roman]Buying Power of Ancient Coins,[/FONT][/I][FONT=Times New Roman] he states that two silvered AE-3 could buy a loaf of bread.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman]Please post your later laurel wreath coins!!! [ATTACH=full]1159249[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1159250[/ATTACH] [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5]Crispus, Caesar - Thessalonica, 324 CE. Æ follis,[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES laureate, draped, cuirassed bust left[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT X in two lines in [/SIZE][SIZE=4]wreath[/SIZE][SIZE=5]; below: TSΔVI. [/SIZE] [SIZE=5]RIC 125.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]2.67 grams 19mm Silvered AE-3 Fun reading [URL]http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/CONSTANTINE_THE_GREAT_THE_COINS_SPEAK.Pdf[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=5][FONT=Times New Roman][URL]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Buying%20Power%20of%20Ancient%20Coins[/URL][/FONT][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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