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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 3232213, member: 83956&quot;][ATTACH=full]844289[/ATTACH]</p><p>I thought I’d pile on this old thread here. In recent weeks I’ve completed a mini-set of these Constantine SOL INVICTUS coins from each of the 9 mints that issued them. This is a very do-able set in VF-EF for less than $50 / coin. Only Ostia and Siscia get a little scarce. A few comments about the individual coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Aquileia: An eBay purchase. About $20-25.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; Arles: In an uncleaned lot. One that needs upgrading.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; London: A $2 eBay bottom-feeding shocker. But you get what you pay for. Another coin that needs upgrading.</p><p><br /></p><p>4.&nbsp; Lyon: Made an offer to Besancon Numismatique. About $31 shipped. A very nice coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>5.&nbsp; Ostia: I kept shopping for this one and never saw one much better than the one Glenn Simonelli had on eBay for under $50 for one of the scarcer issues. My only coin from Ostia. Decent detail and one of the most generous flans I’ve ever seen for a type. Nothing missing here.</p><p><br /></p><p>6.&nbsp; Rome: I have a few of these from Rome now. This may be the nicest, and with the nicest provenance. [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER] came to speak to my university last week (more on that later), and at dinner later that night, he took out a stack of VF-EF Constantine coins and let the four persons besides him and his wife choose their favorite as a gift. This was my selection.</p><p><br /></p><p>7.&nbsp; Siscia: A scarcer issue that was a pleasing win from VCoins Triskeles Auction Sale 331, Lot 257; ex “Maple Leaf Collection.” Only $35 shipped.</p><p><br /></p><p>8.&nbsp; Ticinum: I got this one for the cross—possibly the earliest Christian symbol on a circulating Roman coin. From Tom Vossen. I think this one is the most expensive coin pictured, at $47.</p><p><br /></p><p>9.&nbsp; Trier: I made an offer to Lucernae on eBay. $38 later this was mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was fun putting this little set together. Now I think I will work on some interesting varieties of this issue, like Sol facing, or with captives, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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