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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2097250, member: 42773"]Recently, Bing posted an upgrade to his collection which featured Victory's facial details on a Constantinople Commemorative. Today it's my turn to do the same with an upgrade to my Two Victories type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the previous coin, no longer in my collection, with a weakly-struck reverse. A perfectly nice coin, but lacking definition on the reverse...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]393878[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the upgrade, which I've ordered from our fellow colleague and friend, Dionysos. These are his images, to which I've merely added a black background...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]393879[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>These are tiny coins, and this level of detail on the reverse (made by the striking die) is uncommon. My previous coin is more typical.</p><p><br /></p><p>And as long as I'm on the subject of Constans and Victory, here is a Single Victory type, also with a very well-struck reverse...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]393882[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2097250, member: 42773"]Recently, Bing posted an upgrade to his collection which featured Victory's facial details on a Constantinople Commemorative. Today it's my turn to do the same with an upgrade to my Two Victories type. Here is the previous coin, no longer in my collection, with a weakly-struck reverse. A perfectly nice coin, but lacking definition on the reverse... [ATTACH=full]393878[/ATTACH] Here is the upgrade, which I've ordered from our fellow colleague and friend, Dionysos. These are his images, to which I've merely added a black background... [ATTACH=full]393879[/ATTACH] These are tiny coins, and this level of detail on the reverse (made by the striking die) is uncommon. My previous coin is more typical. And as long as I'm on the subject of Constans and Victory, here is a Single Victory type, also with a very well-struck reverse... [ATTACH=full]393882[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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