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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4909830, member: 82549"]Two from my Constantine I collection:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Ticinum mint, A.D. 306</p><p>RIC 75</p><p>Obv: CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES</p><p>Rev: VIRTVS AV-GG ET CAESS NN - Helmeted Mars, advancing right, with transverse spear and holding trophy over shoulder </p><p>ST in exergue; • in left field</p><p>27mm, 10.6 g.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Treveri (Trier) mint, A.D. 310-313 (313-315?)</p><p>RIC 884</p><p>Obv: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG</p><p>Rev: MARTI CONSERVATORI - Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Mars, right</p><p>(No mint mark)</p><p>19 mm, 2.9 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: Roman Imperial Coinage (RIC), volume VII, does not include this reverse type--or the bust of Sol reverse--in the issue of coins minted between A.D. 313 and 315, yet the weight of this coin suggests that it was probably struck during this later period. See footnote 2 on page 150 of RIC, vol.VII.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4909830, member: 82549"]Two from my Constantine I collection: [IMG]http://feltemp.com/Images/2.jpg[/IMG] Ticinum mint, A.D. 306 RIC 75 Obv: CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES Rev: VIRTVS AV-GG ET CAESS NN - Helmeted Mars, advancing right, with transverse spear and holding trophy over shoulder ST in exergue; • in left field 27mm, 10.6 g. [IMG]http://feltemp.com/Images/29.jpg[/IMG] Treveri (Trier) mint, A.D. 310-313 (313-315?) RIC 884 Obv: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG Rev: MARTI CONSERVATORI - Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Mars, right (No mint mark) 19 mm, 2.9 g. Note: Roman Imperial Coinage (RIC), volume VII, does not include this reverse type--or the bust of Sol reverse--in the issue of coins minted between A.D. 313 and 315, yet the weight of this coin suggests that it was probably struck during this later period. See footnote 2 on page 150 of RIC, vol.VII.[/QUOTE]
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