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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 749312, member: 19463&quot;]If you look closely you can read TINVS AVG at the obverse right so it is Constantine I. AVG elimates the other choices besides Licinius I (their legends ended in CAES) and the T at 1 o,clock is clear enough to eliminate Licinius. The catalog RIC lists all of the options of this coin as Rare except the very common one for Constantine I so even with no legend it is a pretty good bet it is his. Those of us in the USA have trouble imagining the thrill of finding a coin from 320 AD. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Mine:</p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/image/119830803.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>RIC Vol. VI page 128 #79</p><p>The nummus (just means &#039;coin&#039;) was mostly copper with a very small amount of silver (1%?) and was issued with a silver wash on the surface which shows on a small fraction of surviving coins.&nbsp; Lyon mint is no surprize when you consider the number of Roman troops that marched through there on the way to fight the Germans.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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