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Message:: [QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 2932016, member: 82549"]Surprised this one hasn't shown up yet:<img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/BreakawayEmpires/Valabathus.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Vabalathus and AurelianBillon AntoninianusAntioch mintObv?: VABALATHVS VCRIMDR - Laurate bust of Valabathus, drapedRev?: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG - Radiate bust of Aurelian, cuirassedA in exergueRIC (Aurelian) 38120mm, 3.9g. And two Constantines:<img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/30.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Treveri (Trier) mint, A.D. 310-313RIC 890Obv: IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVGRev: SOLI INVICTO COMITI - Radiate bust of Sol, right(No mint mark)23 mm, 4.4 g. <img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Treveri (Trier) mint, A.D. 310-313 (313-315?)RIC 884Obv: CONSTANTINVS P F AVGRev: MARTI CONSERVATORI - Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Mars, right(No mint mark)19 mm, 2.9 g.Note: Roman Imperial Coinage (RIC), volume VII, does not include this reverse type--or the bust of Sol reverse--in the issue of coins minted between A.D. 313 and 315, yet the weight of this coin suggests that it was probably struck during this later period. See footnote 2 on page 150 of RIC, vol.VII.[/QUOTE]