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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1843516, member: 42773&quot;]I&#039;m adding two coins to this thread today, one old, one new. The first is a coin I posted before, that Doug took quite a shine to. I posted the dealer&#039;s pic earlier because I have a difficult time shooting these glossy, jet-black coins, but we had some sun today and this is what I managed. Not professional, but not bad. There&#039;s too much shadow but I&#039;m too lazy to fiddle with photography for some reason today...</p><p><br /></p><p>Constans, 337-350</p><p>AE3, 17mm, 1,96g; Arles mint: 333-334</p><p>Obv.: FL IVL CONSTANS NOB C; Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev.: GLORI-A 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, dot in wreath between // SCONST</p><p>Reference: RIC VII Arles 378 (p. 274) R4</p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting feature of this coin is the centering dot in the middle of the reverse, which was not filled in prior to striking.</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://s27.postimg.org/pnlazmzdv/Constans_Arles.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin is a new acquisition and the brother to the one in Reply #8, with the mintmark PLG, a little more common than the coin from S officina...</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 // PLG</p><p>Reference: RIC VII Lyon 238 (p. 138) R1</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://s24.postimg.org/3vkrjz1d1/2and2e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>I notice that many of the standards on coins of Lugdunum have a triangular banner. Whether this is a pattern for the mint bears some investigation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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