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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 3875311, member: 97383&quot;]The 1st coin pictured below is Lot 230, a follis of Constantius I as Caesar. Although I&#039;ve got a number of folles from this emperor this is the 1st example from the Rome Mint, so it&#039;s a happy addition <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1023738[/ATTACH]</p><p>Constantius I as Caesar, AD 293-305, Rome Mint, Officina #3, AE 10.57 gm, 27 mm.</p><p>Despite being a weak strike the coin retains most of the silvering &amp; is full weight. The engraving of Genius on the reverse looks like the work of a journeyman, &amp; I find the placement of the mintmark in the left field rather odd <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 2nd coin, from the collection of <b>Severus Alexander</b>, is completely out of my collecting realm but I was intrigued with the artwork, calligraphy, &amp; translation of the inscriptions. The coin has an attractive sandy patina too. I&#039;ve seen a number of these coins before but rarely with complete inscriptions <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I was also surprised no one else bid on this coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1023740[/ATTACH] </p><p>Zangids of Mosul: Sayf al-Din Ghazi II, Dated AH 567 (AD 1171-2), AE dirham: 11.1 gm, 28 mm. Reverse inscription translation: &quot;The King, the Just, the Wise, King of the Commanders of the East and of the West, Falcon Knight, Atabeg.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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