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Message:: [QUOTE="seth77, post: 2236885, member: 56653"]As those of you who watch my threads might have noticed, my interest tends to be towards the understated and easily looked over details that differentiate between regular LRBs and rarities and at times even inedit pieces. This one might not look very special at a first glance but at a second and perhaps a third anyone interested in LRBs can understand why it's an important issue, as it announces Constantine Jr.'s 2nd Consulship: CONSTANTINE II AE3 19mm 3.18g Follis/Nummus (aVF, patina, earthen fill) AV: CONSTANTINVS · IVN · COS · II · laureate, draped, wearing trabea, Victory on globe in r. hand bust l. REV: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS; altar with globe above, 3 stars above the globe, inscribed with VO/TIS/XX; C - R in fields EXE: PLG, Lugdunum mint. REF: RIC VII Lugdunum 141, rated R4 (pretty much an actual rarity) Bastien 96 only notes 4ex. recorded, from the 1st officina of Lugdunum mint in 321AD.Very rare dated issue from Constantine II's 2nd consulship. This type of bust is misdescribed in RIC as I1 but it only has the Victory on globe as adjuncts, no others in his left hand. Another point of interest here is that while in earlier times, consular legends were rather common, starting from the middle 3rd century they become more and more rare, at least on base billon/bronze coinage, and by the time we reach the 320s such dated issues are very rare. [ATTACH=full]440552[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]