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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 3404903, member: 97383"]Aesthetically speaking this is my favorite Roman coin, see photos below. It is a common gold solidus of Theodosius II, struck c. AD 408-420, Constantinople Mint, Officina 10, 21 mm, 4.48 gm. The coin is perfectly centered & the portrait exceptional with great detail on his shield. The reverse has a complex composition of the enthroned city goddess of Constantinople holding a scepter in her right hand & a globe mounted by Nike in her left hand. Her foot rests on the prow of a ship.</p><p><br /></p><p>arizonarobin, Your small bronze has a beautifully rendered reverse, especially considering the size of the coin & that it was struck at a branch mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]904213[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]904214[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 3404903, member: 97383"]Aesthetically speaking this is my favorite Roman coin, see photos below. It is a common gold solidus of Theodosius II, struck c. AD 408-420, Constantinople Mint, Officina 10, 21 mm, 4.48 gm. The coin is perfectly centered & the portrait exceptional with great detail on his shield. The reverse has a complex composition of the enthroned city goddess of Constantinople holding a scepter in her right hand & a globe mounted by Nike in her left hand. Her foot rests on the prow of a ship. arizonarobin, Your small bronze has a beautifully rendered reverse, especially considering the size of the coin & that it was struck at a branch mint. [ATTACH=full]904213[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]904214[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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