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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 5292597, member: 10613"]I think that I have posted topics about most of these. My collecting interests are mainly 4th century, with a particular focus in Constantinian coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>the first was my first favorite of the year, purchased in February--</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222267[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine I</p><p>A.D. 318-19</p><p>19mm 2.9g</p><p>IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; laureate helmet and cuirassed bust right with spear across right shoulder and shield/ buckler on left.</p><p>VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP; two Victories stg., facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT PR on altar.</p><p>in ex. ΓSIS </p><p>RIC VII Siscia –</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>RIC does not list this bust type (H6) for any of the VLPP’s; but, with the obverse legend, it should come after Siscia 53</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222268[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine I</p><p>A.D. 312- 313</p><p>21mm 4.7g</p><p>IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; laureate and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>HERCVLI VICTORI; Hercules standing right, leaning on club and holding Victory on globe and lion’s skin.</p><p>In ex. R S</p><p>RIC VI Rome 299</p><p><br /></p><p>This rarer reverse type was issued after the defeat of Maxentius. During this period, the mint of Rome struck coins for Maximinus and Licinius I also, but a few types, including this one, were struck only for Constantine I. It is also an unlisted workshop (RIC VI only lists P and Q) and is ex- Dattari.</p><p><br /></p><p>The use of the Hercules reverse is perhaps a reference to the Tetrarchic system in which rulers belonged to either the family of Jupiter or Hercules; though there were HERCVLI VICTORI reverses issued from the East for all three rulers. On a side note-- there is also a herculean allusion from Praxagoras of Athens via the review of Photius in which Constantine was forced by Galerius to fight a lion.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/Constantine/Photius.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/Constantine/Photius.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/Constantine/Photius.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222269[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine I BI Nummus. Rome, AD 320. CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated right on round shield, holding another round shield inscribed X-V in two lines; RЄѠCP (ЄѠ ligate) in exergue. RIC 194 corr. (Roma seated left). 3.63g, 19mm, 6h.</p><p><br /></p><p>special because of the cryptogram in the mintmark</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/ROMAE/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/ROMAE/" rel="nofollow">http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/ROMAE/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222270[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>anepigraphic DAFNE</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine I Æ Nummus. Constantinople, AD 328. Rosette-diademed head right, looking upwards / CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE, Victory seated left on cippus, looking right, palm branch in each hand; trophy in front, at the foot of which kneels a captive, spurned by Victory; B in left field, CONS in exergue. RIC 32 var. (obv. legend); Speck and Huston 32. 3.17g, 21mm, 6h.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com//DAFNE/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com//DAFNE/" rel="nofollow">http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com//DAFNE/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222271[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Licinius I, with Licinius II as Caesar, Æ Nummus. Nicomedia, AD 320. DD NN IOVII LICINII INVICT AVG ET CAES, confronted laureate and draped busts of Licinius I and II, together holding Fortuna / I O M ET FORT CONSER DD NN AVG ET CAES, Jupiter standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding Victory on globe in right hand, leaning on sceptre; Fortuna standing right crowned with modius, holding cornucopiae and rudder set on globe, SMNΔ in exergue. RIC 38. 4.17g, 22mm, 12h.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bastien, "Coins with a Double Effigy Issued by Licinius at Nicomedia, Cyzicus, and Antioch," Numismatic Chronicle 1973</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222272[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Valens, Eastern Roman Empire (AD 364-378). AE2 (22mm, 4.43 gm, 5h). Trier, AD 367-375. D N VALEN-S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valens right, seen from front / GLORI-A ROMA-NORVM, campgate with six rows, two turrets, no doors; S above, SMTR in exergue. RIC IX 29b.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222273[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Maximinus II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. Cyzicus, circa AD 308. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head right / VIRTVS MILITVM, four-turreted camp gate without doors; MKΓ in exergue. RIC 40. 6.05g, 26mm, 12h.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222274[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Maximinus II, as Caesar, 305-309. Follis (Bronze, 26 mm, 6.44 g, 12 h), Antiochia, circa 309. MAXIMINVS NOB CAES Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Maximinus II to left, holding spear over his right shoulder and shield decorated with two horsmen riding to left, four enemies below them; on cuirass, gorgoneion; on helmet, Sol standing facing in quadriga, raising his right hand in salute and holding globe in his left, around, stars and crescent, crest ending in griffin. Rev. VIRTVS EXERCITVS / B / ANT Virtus standing front, head to left, resting her right hand on decorated shield and holding spear in her left; in field to left, lighted altar. RIC 125</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222275[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Diocletian</p><p>A.D. 295</p><p>AR Argenteus</p><p>19mm 3.3g</p><p>DIOCLETIANVS AVG; laureate head right.</p><p>VICTORIAE SARMATICAE; four turreted camp-gate, open, with doors thrown back; each turret surmounted by facing eagle.</p><p>In ex. SMNΓ</p><p>RIC VI Nicomedia 22a</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>and my most recent and probably last coin of the year--</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1222276[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantius I. As Caesar, AD 293-305. AR Argenteus (18mm, 2.74 g, 6h). Carthage mint, 3rd officina. Struck circa AD 296-298. Laureate head right / Africa standing facing, head left, holding standard and tusk; at her feet, lion standing left, head right, with bucranium to left; T. RIC VI 14a; RSC 33.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Charles Oman collection[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 5292597, member: 10613"]I think that I have posted topics about most of these. My collecting interests are mainly 4th century, with a particular focus in Constantinian coinage. the first was my first favorite of the year, purchased in February-- [ATTACH=full]1222267[/ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 318-19 19mm 2.9g IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; laureate helmet and cuirassed bust right with spear across right shoulder and shield/ buckler on left. VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP; two Victories stg., facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT PR on altar. in ex. ΓSIS RIC VII Siscia – RIC does not list this bust type (H6) for any of the VLPP’s; but, with the obverse legend, it should come after Siscia 53 [ATTACH=full]1222268[/ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 312- 313 21mm 4.7g IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; laureate and cuirassed bust right. HERCVLI VICTORI; Hercules standing right, leaning on club and holding Victory on globe and lion’s skin. In ex. R S RIC VI Rome 299 This rarer reverse type was issued after the defeat of Maxentius. During this period, the mint of Rome struck coins for Maximinus and Licinius I also, but a few types, including this one, were struck only for Constantine I. It is also an unlisted workshop (RIC VI only lists P and Q) and is ex- Dattari. The use of the Hercules reverse is perhaps a reference to the Tetrarchic system in which rulers belonged to either the family of Jupiter or Hercules; though there were HERCVLI VICTORI reverses issued from the East for all three rulers. On a side note-- there is also a herculean allusion from Praxagoras of Athens via the review of Photius in which Constantine was forced by Galerius to fight a lion. [URL]http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/Constantine/Photius.html[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1222269[/ATTACH] Constantine I BI Nummus. Rome, AD 320. CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated right on round shield, holding another round shield inscribed X-V in two lines; RЄѠCP (ЄѠ ligate) in exergue. RIC 194 corr. (Roma seated left). 3.63g, 19mm, 6h. special because of the cryptogram in the mintmark [URL]http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/ROMAE/[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1222270[/ATTACH] anepigraphic DAFNE Constantine I Æ Nummus. Constantinople, AD 328. Rosette-diademed head right, looking upwards / CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE, Victory seated left on cippus, looking right, palm branch in each hand; trophy in front, at the foot of which kneels a captive, spurned by Victory; B in left field, CONS in exergue. RIC 32 var. (obv. legend); Speck and Huston 32. 3.17g, 21mm, 6h. [URL]http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com//DAFNE/[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1222271[/ATTACH] Licinius I, with Licinius II as Caesar, Æ Nummus. Nicomedia, AD 320. DD NN IOVII LICINII INVICT AVG ET CAES, confronted laureate and draped busts of Licinius I and II, together holding Fortuna / I O M ET FORT CONSER DD NN AVG ET CAES, Jupiter standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding Victory on globe in right hand, leaning on sceptre; Fortuna standing right crowned with modius, holding cornucopiae and rudder set on globe, SMNΔ in exergue. RIC 38. 4.17g, 22mm, 12h. Bastien, "Coins with a Double Effigy Issued by Licinius at Nicomedia, Cyzicus, and Antioch," Numismatic Chronicle 1973 [ATTACH=full]1222272[/ATTACH] Valens, Eastern Roman Empire (AD 364-378). AE2 (22mm, 4.43 gm, 5h). Trier, AD 367-375. D N VALEN-S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valens right, seen from front / GLORI-A ROMA-NORVM, campgate with six rows, two turrets, no doors; S above, SMTR in exergue. RIC IX 29b. [ATTACH=full]1222273[/ATTACH] Maximinus II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. Cyzicus, circa AD 308. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head right / VIRTVS MILITVM, four-turreted camp gate without doors; MKΓ in exergue. RIC 40. 6.05g, 26mm, 12h. [ATTACH=full]1222274[/ATTACH] Maximinus II, as Caesar, 305-309. Follis (Bronze, 26 mm, 6.44 g, 12 h), Antiochia, circa 309. MAXIMINVS NOB CAES Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Maximinus II to left, holding spear over his right shoulder and shield decorated with two horsmen riding to left, four enemies below them; on cuirass, gorgoneion; on helmet, Sol standing facing in quadriga, raising his right hand in salute and holding globe in his left, around, stars and crescent, crest ending in griffin. Rev. VIRTVS EXERCITVS / B / ANT Virtus standing front, head to left, resting her right hand on decorated shield and holding spear in her left; in field to left, lighted altar. RIC 125 [ATTACH=full]1222275[/ATTACH] Diocletian A.D. 295 AR Argenteus 19mm 3.3g DIOCLETIANVS AVG; laureate head right. VICTORIAE SARMATICAE; four turreted camp-gate, open, with doors thrown back; each turret surmounted by facing eagle. In ex. SMNΓ RIC VI Nicomedia 22a and my most recent and probably last coin of the year-- [ATTACH=full]1222276[/ATTACH] Constantius I. As Caesar, AD 293-305. AR Argenteus (18mm, 2.74 g, 6h). Carthage mint, 3rd officina. Struck circa AD 296-298. Laureate head right / Africa standing facing, head left, holding standard and tusk; at her feet, lion standing left, head right, with bucranium to left; T. RIC VI 14a; RSC 33. Ex Charles Oman collection[/QUOTE]
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