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<p>[QUOTE="Orange Julius, post: 4860050, member: 77226"]I love those Cyzicus Claudius II coins. When I made my Milan mint thread, I almost made another for Cyzicus. I think the coins from Cyzicus are probably the most artistic and interesting of Claudius II's coinage. I'll see if I get get some photos and post a few of mine tonight too! Great coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, a new arrival this week that I haven't yet shared is the below coin of Constantius I from Alexandria. I have coins of the other emperors of this period (mostly) but a Constantius Genio with a curly beard had to this point evaded me. I put in a bid, expecting to pay less than I finally did. It ended up going for more than I'd expected but won anyway... yay me? Anyhoo, I still like it. The photo isn't great, I'll work on that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I mainly like it due to Constantius administrating so far from Alexandria but still having coins struck for him there.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1173689[/ATTACH]</p><p>Constantius I - Alexandria - GENIO POPVLI ROMANI - RIC VI 31a[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orange Julius, post: 4860050, member: 77226"]I love those Cyzicus Claudius II coins. When I made my Milan mint thread, I almost made another for Cyzicus. I think the coins from Cyzicus are probably the most artistic and interesting of Claudius II's coinage. I'll see if I get get some photos and post a few of mine tonight too! Great coins. Anyway, a new arrival this week that I haven't yet shared is the below coin of Constantius I from Alexandria. I have coins of the other emperors of this period (mostly) but a Constantius Genio with a curly beard had to this point evaded me. I put in a bid, expecting to pay less than I finally did. It ended up going for more than I'd expected but won anyway... yay me? Anyhoo, I still like it. The photo isn't great, I'll work on that. I mainly like it due to Constantius administrating so far from Alexandria but still having coins struck for him there. [ATTACH=full]1173689[/ATTACH] Constantius I - Alexandria - GENIO POPVLI ROMANI - RIC VI 31a[/QUOTE]
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