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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 2318433, member: 44210&quot;]Nothing super special but I managed to score a couple of attractive Constantine coins recently, I think it was close to $20 together. Didn&#039;t have a SOLI from Lugdunum before, and neither did I have an &quot;eyes to heaven type&quot;. As I stated before they look pretty good but my eyes to heaven coin even more so; I find it hard to take my own eyes off of it (it is my new favorite coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). The well-styled and well-preserved bust of Constantine is the best part of the coin for me. I personally think that, despite some opinion to the contrary, the bust facing upwards does reference his vision in 312 that spurred him to victory over Maxentius. I don&#039;t know of any other Roman coins with busts like that but if there aren&#039;t, why only do it for Constantine? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/constantine_zpsd9wqiunt.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/constantinesol_zpsreg2r0ms.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A few patches of silvering left on the 1st coin. A couple of small ones as well on the reverse but I was too lazy to point those out.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/silvering_zpswdvzzfxa.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sol levitating his globe. Is he a Jedi?!?! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/theforce_zpsk2tvkwnb.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(BTW I was looking at Constantine&#039;s WW page and man, Dane or whoever wrote the top paragraph sure has a thing against him; its basically pure vitriol. Such stuff I feel is more suited for a blog and not a scholarly site like WW. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie92" alt=":stop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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