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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4153053, member: 99456"][USER=109008]@Andrew McMenamin[/USER], good deal for a unique, hand struck coin over 1650 years old and in nice condition. Attribution looks right to me - i paused before confirming as RIC VII 86 (two standards between) also from Antioch mint, looked almost right. Here's an earlier Constantine, RIC 75, Heraclea mint. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1072422[/ATTACH] <b>Constantine I, "The Great"</b>, AD 307-337), Follis, struck in Heraclea before Maximinus captured Heraclea early in AD 313.</p><p><b>Obv: </b> IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG.</p><p>Laureate head right.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG / E / SMHT, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; at feet to left, eagle with wreath in beak</p><p><b>Ref:</b> RIC VI p.541 #75[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4153053, member: 99456"][USER=109008]@Andrew McMenamin[/USER], good deal for a unique, hand struck coin over 1650 years old and in nice condition. Attribution looks right to me - i paused before confirming as RIC VII 86 (two standards between) also from Antioch mint, looked almost right. Here's an earlier Constantine, RIC 75, Heraclea mint. [ATTACH=full]1072422[/ATTACH] [B]Constantine I, "The Great"[/B], AD 307-337), Follis, struck in Heraclea before Maximinus captured Heraclea early in AD 313. [B]Obv: [/B] IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG. Laureate head right. [B]Rev:[/B] IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG / E / SMHT, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; at feet to left, eagle with wreath in beak [B]Ref:[/B] RIC VI p.541 #75[/QUOTE]
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