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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1900886, member: 42773&quot;]This Greek silver fraction is pedigreed to a certain Sidney Mygind. I could find no information on the person, other than the fact that the British Museum has four Ptolemaic silvers of the same provenance.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Langtoft Hoard was a famous discovery by British metal detectorists in 2002, and included a large amount of exceptionally well-struck and well-preserved bronzes of Constantine the Great.</p><p><br /></p><p><b> 1. Kyzikos, Mysia </b></p><p>AR Tritatemorion, 9X12mm, 0.58g; 480-450 BC.</p><p>Obv.: Forepart of running boar left, tunny fish facing upward.</p><p>Rev.: Roaring lion.</p><p>Notes: Ex Sidney Mygind. </p><p><br /></p><p><b> 2. Constantine I </b></p><p>AE Follis, 19.5mm, 3.61g; Trier mint: 322-3</p><p>Obv.: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG; helmeted, cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev.: BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS; Globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX, above, three stars // dot PTR dot.</p><p>Reference: RIC VII Trier 368 (p. 197)</p><p>Notes: ex-Langtoft hoard. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]324983[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]324984[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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