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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1036828, member: 19065&quot;]Technically, it was this piece which I selected as a gift for a friend who was interested in both figures: Constantine I &amp; Sol</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/ANCIENT%20-%20ROMAN/CONSTANTINE_I_Sol.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Stainless hooked me up with the two below, technically the first Ancients in my personal collection:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/ANCIENT%20-%20ROMAN/ConI_RIC_VII_135_HR.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>From the attribution card that came in the 2x2:</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine I</p><p>AE3, 317, Trier, Officina 1</p><p>CONSTANTINVS P F AVG</p><p>Laureate, cuirassed bust right</p><p>SOLI INVIC_TO COMITI</p><p>Sol, radiate, standing facing, head left, nude but for chlamys across left shoulder, right hand raised, globe in left hand which is turned out</p><p>T | F across fields</p><p>. ATR in exergue</p><p>19 mm x 20 mm, 3.13g</p><p>RIC VII, 135</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/ANCIENT%20-%20ROMAN/Hadrian_1200pxl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I tried to find an attribution for this one, and came up with this possibility:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s3586.html#RIC_0637" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s3586.html#RIC_0637" rel="nofollow">Ref Hadrian AE Sestertius, RIC 637, Cohen 385, BMC 1305</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian Æ Sestertius. 125-128 AD. </p><p><br /></p><p>Laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder</p><p>Aequitas standing left, holding scales &amp; long scepter. </p><p>Cohen 385.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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