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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2736888, member: 76194&quot;]Sweet OP coin with that CONSTANTINO legend. Never seen that before. And nice IOVI reverse. It really is a very special coin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have the Sol version from London, which is not that uncommon but not overly abundant either.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]623908[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But I do have a very rare Constantine according to RIC. Less than 15 known to exist of this type from London.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]623909[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, RIC is wrong. I know of one other person who has one of these from London, plus between auctions, Vcoins, eBay, and other sites, I know of at least 18 others known to exist, for a total of 20. Which probably means there are at least 120+ when you count those in museums, being held for decades in personal collections out there, dealers hands (that haven&#039;t been listed), etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Not to mention the thousands of coins of the same design from other imperial mints (if you care more about the design than the mint mark itself).</p><p><br /></p><p>You have to take some of those claims of &quot;Extreme Rarity&quot; with a pinch of salt for some of these Late Roman Bronzes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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