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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2643555, member: 19463&quot;]That would not be very friendly now would it?&nbsp; In fact, Martin came into the specialty about the time Barry Murphy stopped his &#039;ravenous&#039; period and before that we had Michael Kelly who dropped out and sold a huge pile in 1997. Before that we had Roger Bickford-Smith who was the only serious numismatist specializing in these.&nbsp; His death hit me hard and turned me into a general collector realizing I did not have the resources to compete for these coins. There is something about them that is addictive. </p><p><br /></p><p>Victor beat me to the real problem coins for Constantine II who became Augustus and &#039;Max&#039; after his father died.&nbsp; There are many styles. Victor&#039;s is the most bull necked one I have seen.&nbsp; Below are examples from Antioch, Siscia and Alexandria.&nbsp; The problem here is reading carefully won&#039;t tip these off as simply as the ones with Caesar.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]583595[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]583596[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]583597[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There are several other examples of the need to read across the range of Roman coins.&nbsp; My website has pages on some.&nbsp; Each would make a good thread here if there is any interest.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine did not make things easy on us but it could have been worse.&nbsp; Boxer George Foreman had five sons and named each of them George.&nbsp; At least Constantine changed a letter or two here and there. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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