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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2642304, member: 83845&quot;]I&#039;m sure many of you have heard the advice &quot;buy the book before you buy the coin.&quot; However I think I&#039;ve found a new one to live by as well - read the coin before you buy the coin.&nbsp; Let me explain.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was in Jerusalem a few months ago and figured it might be cool to pick up a coin from one of the local dealers in the old city.&nbsp; Knowing full well not to buy from the street peddlers or the T-shirt sellers I went to a very nice antiques dealer in the Christian quarter. He showed me a couple of things and the below coin caught my eye.&nbsp; He told me it was a Follis of Constantine the Great which I thought would be a memorable and appropriate purchase since I didn&#039;t have any of him in my collection. I bought the coin, collected all the export permits and went on my way.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]583127[/ATTACH] </p><p>Constantine II AE Follis</p><p>Obv.: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOM C; laureate, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev.: GLOR-IA EXERCISE-ITVS; soldiers standing holding spear and shield. Two standards between.</p><p>Weight: 2.65 g</p><p>Diameter: 19.3 mm</p><p>Mint: ???????</p><p><br /></p><p>Well I finally got around to photographing and attributing some of my newer stuff and that is when I found out that this is not in fact a coin of Constantine I it is a coin of Constantine II. The obverse reads CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C.&nbsp; A rough translation - Constantine the Younger, Noble Caesar.&nbsp; The IVN gives it away clear as day and I would have known that if I would have taken the time to read the coin or do a quick google search on the legend. Lesson learned!</p><p><br /></p><p>All that said I still like the coin and would much rather have it in my collection than to have bought some random souvenir but this is definitly a learning experience for knowing what you are buying and to take your time to inspect the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>While I have you all here do you think you can help me ID the mint?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also post your Constantine I and Constantine II coins!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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