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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GregH, post: 3044960, member: 75936&quot;]I know I&#039;m late to the party...&nbsp; I have only just bought my first coin of 2018.. I have been rather poor, with most of my money and time so far taken up with travel in West Africa, and (two weeks ago) Antarctica. And today I was outbid on today&#039;s Antinous and Anthemius offered by Roma (what is with the extraordinary hammer prices in the auctions at the moment? Everything is selling for way more than reasonable value!)</p><p><br /></p><p>So I have chosen instead to make a modest upgrade to the Theodosius II in my portrait series, by buying &quot;old school&quot; from an actual dealer:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]760639[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Obverse: </b>D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG. Diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> IMP XXXXII COS XVII P P / COMOB. Constantinopolis seated left on throne, with foot on prow, holding globus cruciger and sceptre; star to left, shield to right.</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC X 293.&nbsp; Constantinopolis mint,&nbsp; A.D. 443-450.&nbsp; 4,5 g - 20 mm</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not quite in &quot;Goldfinger&quot; aka [USER=77704]@panzerman[/USER] &#039;s league, being able to splash out on Florian aureii - but I really like this coin, despite some minor flaws that i can live with. I find the 4th-5th century bronze series quite dull, so I&#039;m upgrading to gold where i can.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fun fact - he ruled for 48 years and didn&#039;t die by being murdered (he fell off a horse)... pretty remarkable for a Roman emperor!</p><p><br /></p><p>Show me your Theo II&#039;s![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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