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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3771835, member: 96898&quot;]Great write-up, [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER], and wonderful coins, everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two humble London coins from my collection. Looking at the radiate and helmeted busts, I wonder about the significance of different diadems, crowns and headdresses on coins of the Constantinian dynasty. Maybe someone here knows more?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008789[/ATTACH] </p><p>Constantine II Iunior, Roman Empire, AE3, 322–323 AD, Londinium mint. Obv: CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, bust of Constantine II, radiate, cuirassed, l. Rev: BEAT TRANQLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX; above, three stars; in fields, F-B; in exergue, PLON. 19mm, 3.22g. Ref: RIC VII Londinium 257. Ex Tauler y Fau, auction 40, lot 2476.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008790[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine II Iunior, Roman Empire, AE 3, 323–324 AD, London mint. Obv: CONSTANTINVS IVN NC; helmeted and cuirassed bust of Constantinus Iunior l. Rev: BEAT TRANQLITAS; globe on altar with inscription VO/TIS/ XX; mintmark PLON. 19mm, 2.83g. Ref: RIC VII London 287.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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