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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 1841303, member: 42773"]Today's order was a coin of Constantine II of Lugdunum. The SLG mintmark is scarce in my experience. I've seen plenty of others from this mint, but this is the only coin I've come across with SLG in exergue - I'm sure there are plenty more though. Still, this coin at least has some decent eye-appeal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine II, 337-340</p><p>AE3; Lugdunum mint: 330-331</p><p>Obv.: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C; Laureate, cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS; Two soldiers, helmeted, standing looking at one another, reversed spear in outer hands, inner hands on shield resting on ground; between them, two standards // SLG</p><p>Reference: RIC VII Lyon 238 (p. 138) R2</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s7.postimg.org/cipswbba3/2and2a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 1841303, member: 42773"]Today's order was a coin of Constantine II of Lugdunum. The SLG mintmark is scarce in my experience. I've seen plenty of others from this mint, but this is the only coin I've come across with SLG in exergue - I'm sure there are plenty more though. Still, this coin at least has some decent eye-appeal. Constantine II, 337-340 AE3; Lugdunum mint: 330-331 Obv.: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C; Laureate, cuirassed bust right. Rev: GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS; Two soldiers, helmeted, standing looking at one another, reversed spear in outer hands, inner hands on shield resting on ground; between them, two standards // SLG Reference: RIC VII Lyon 238 (p. 138) R2 [URL='http://postimage.org/'][IMG]http://s7.postimg.org/cipswbba3/2and2a.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/QUOTE]
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