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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2844377, member: 44316&quot;]What is the most common ancient-coin type? In the 1980s I used to think it was the Constantinian era &quot;GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers and two standards&quot;. After the wall came down, in the 1990s coins from the common mint of Siscia (formerly behind the Iron Curtain) became much more common, promoting some late Roman AE like those of Valentinian and Valens to perhaps the most common types, although &quot;FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier-spearing-fallen-horseman&quot; has a strong claim.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here is an outstanding &quot;GLORIA EXERCITVS&quot;:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]673902[/ATTACH]</p><p>Constantine (307-337). 18-17 mm. 3.20 grams. (A little larger than most.)</p><p>SMANB, RIC VII Antioch 86 &quot;c2&quot; (very common) with many similar varieties. Struck 335.</p><p>I got it for the lovely surfaces, chiseled portrait, and overall crispness.</p><p><br /></p><p>Show us a very common coin type.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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