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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 8290835, member: 19463"]That is a very well stuck and attractive coin of the emperor who gets as little respect from collectors as he did from Constantine. Were it not for Licinius being married to Constantine's sister he would have been killed much earlier on in the game. I do not have an exact match or an equal grade to your coin but below are a few Licinius offerings I like for one reason or another:</p><p>London (a common coin from a popular mint under the control of Constantine in the time the two were getting along relatively well)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1465463[/ATTACH] </p><p>Rome (special epwc mintmark)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1465464[/ATTACH] </p><p>Heraklea (nice style)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1465465[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Heraklea (more silvering than most)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1465466[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Nikomedia (same mint as yours but with the eagle option)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1465467[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Alexandria (While the patchy green on red color may not be all that great, this is the same issue that included the rare coins for Valerius Valens which I will never have making this my spacefiller.) Who has a 'real' Valerius Valens? </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerius_Valens" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerius_Valens" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerius_Valens</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1465469[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 8290835, member: 19463"]That is a very well stuck and attractive coin of the emperor who gets as little respect from collectors as he did from Constantine. Were it not for Licinius being married to Constantine's sister he would have been killed much earlier on in the game. I do not have an exact match or an equal grade to your coin but below are a few Licinius offerings I like for one reason or another: London (a common coin from a popular mint under the control of Constantine in the time the two were getting along relatively well) [ATTACH=full]1465463[/ATTACH] Rome (special epwc mintmark) [ATTACH=full]1465464[/ATTACH] Heraklea (nice style) [ATTACH=full]1465465[/ATTACH] Heraklea (more silvering than most) [ATTACH=full]1465466[/ATTACH] Nikomedia (same mint as yours but with the eagle option) [ATTACH=full]1465467[/ATTACH] Alexandria (While the patchy green on red color may not be all that great, this is the same issue that included the rare coins for Valerius Valens which I will never have making this my spacefiller.) Who has a 'real' Valerius Valens? [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerius_Valens[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1465469[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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