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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4519832, member: 98035"]When I stopped buying garbage lots and decided to start a "one of each" collection, I thought I could get just one coin of Constantine. I couldn't. They are too common, too interesting, and too affordable!</p><p><br /></p><p>First up, a follis as Caesar from London[ATTACH=full]1119703[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>His "participation medal" after agreeing to relinquish his initial claims to the purple - FIL AVGG, "Son of the Emperors"</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119709[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>An early issue as Augustus, still sporting a beard and a rather generic portrait</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119708[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Some assorted favorites from later in his reign</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119705[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119706[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119710[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119711[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>An early example of a cross sneaking its way onto a pagan coin design</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119712[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119704[/ATTACH] </p><p>And his posthumous coinage - quite fond of this design</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119707[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for the man himself - I'm generally inclined to think that in the long term, he did a lot more harm than good for the empire. Rome was never the same after his death.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4519832, member: 98035"]When I stopped buying garbage lots and decided to start a "one of each" collection, I thought I could get just one coin of Constantine. I couldn't. They are too common, too interesting, and too affordable! First up, a follis as Caesar from London[ATTACH=full]1119703[/ATTACH] His "participation medal" after agreeing to relinquish his initial claims to the purple - FIL AVGG, "Son of the Emperors" [ATTACH=full]1119709[/ATTACH] An early issue as Augustus, still sporting a beard and a rather generic portrait [ATTACH=full]1119708[/ATTACH] Some assorted favorites from later in his reign [ATTACH=full]1119705[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1119706[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1119710[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1119711[/ATTACH] An early example of a cross sneaking its way onto a pagan coin design [ATTACH=full]1119712[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1119704[/ATTACH] And his posthumous coinage - quite fond of this design [ATTACH=full]1119707[/ATTACH] As for the man himself - I'm generally inclined to think that in the long term, he did a lot more harm than good for the empire. Rome was never the same after his death.[/QUOTE]
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