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Message:: [QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 25399930, member: 10613"]June, so far, has been a good month for me. I am the current curator of this Constantine I VLPP from Siscia with Chi-Rho on helmet and horseman on shield. [ATTACH=full]1626621[/ATTACH] Constantine IA.D. 31918mm 2.8gIMP CONSTANTINVS AVG -- high crested helmet with Chi-Rho, cuir., spear across r. shoulder, shield on left arm decorated with horseman leaping over fallen enemy.VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP -- two Victories stg., facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT PR on altar.in ex. BSIS•RIC VII Siscia 61 I bought this Maxentius because it is him as Caesar, which is rare, and it is silvered. It is also a plate coin. [ATTACH=full]1626622[/ATTACH] MaxentiusA.D. 30627mm 10.8gM AVR MAXENTIVS NOB CAES; Laureate head right.SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART; Carthage standing facing, head left, holding fruits in both hands; H in left field.In ex. ΔRIC VI Carthage 51a; Drost 14/14 (this coin). plate coin in "Le monnayage de Maxence" by Vincent Drost Ex- Terrence Cheeseman I bought 4 coins from the Carleton St Peter Hoard-- [ATTACH=full]1626623[/ATTACH] “This hoard was discovered in the UK on three occasions in February 2000 by a metal detectorist searching a cultivated field near the village. The first find was of 53 coins together with fragments of a grey ware pot. Two further searches revealed a further 53 and 21 coins making a total of 127 coins found in all. All the coins were of bronze and from a similar period, all being minted after AD 320." I got 3 coins of Constantine I with SARMATIA DEVICTA reverses from Lyon, Trier and Sirmium. [ATTACH=full]1626624[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1626625[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1626626[/ATTACH] I also got an unofficial issue that pairs Constantine I with a Caesar reverse [ATTACH=full]1626627[/ATTACH] Constantine ICirca A.D. 32715x19mm 2.1gCONSTA-NTINVS AV; laureate head right.VIRTVS CAESS; gateway with wide open doors, four turrets, star above; S-F across fields.In ex. ARLT•Cf. RIC VII Arles 315 I also got two rarer Maximinus II types. [ATTACH=full]1626628[/ATTACH] RIC describes the figure on reverse as “Prince” though the right breast is bare; meaning it has to actually be Virtus. Maximinus IIA.D. 305- 306Ӕ follis 28mm 9.4gMAXIMINVS NOB CAES; laureate head right.VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN; Virtus holding Victory and spear and shield; bound captive seated left.in ex. AQΓRIC VI Aquileia 72b [ATTACH=full]1626629[/ATTACH] RIC describes the figure on the reverse as Virtus; but it is actually Mars. Maximinus IIA.D. 312Ӕ follis 21mm 4.2gIMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG; laureate head right.VIRTVTI EXERCITVS; Mars advancing r., dragging captive by the hair, l. holding trophy and shield; in right, ✶ over Δin ex. SMNRIC VI Nicomedia 78b Workshop not in RIC and this coin, which is nothing special, but it is coin #90 in my London trays for Constantine I. [ATTACH=full]1626630[/ATTACH] Constantine IA.D. 31421x22mm    3.8gIMP CONSTANTINVS P AVG; laureate and cuirassed bust right.SOLI INVICTO COMITI; Sol rad., stg. l., raising r. hand, globe in l., chlamys across l. shoulder; across fields S-F.in ex. PLNRIC VII London 8; LMCC 8.02.013[/QUOTE]

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