Your nicest LRB

Cazjaboom= Nice coin!

 

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I don't have pictures with me, but it would be my London Mint Constantine the Great.

First, I'm a YN....

Second, I'm buying bullion, but don't post about it.

 

You could be Ken, it would a learning curve, but easy enough.

I haven't given up modern coins completely, and buy some of them at times. I can appreciate them as well, just in a different way. What is intriquing about a Oregon Trail half is completely different than what is intriquing about a ancient coin.

Btw, we usually don't talk profit or anything since we love these things so much the thought of them being torn away from us is just unfathomable. We aren't investing anything, we are paying for coins that teach us things much more valuable than their costs.

 

This was a recent impulse buy that I just haven't posted. I simply liked the devices and color...

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Constantine I The Great - Roman Emperor: 307-337 AD. - AE3 City Commemorative (Founding of New Roman Capital Constantinople) - Thessalonica mint 330-333AD.
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CONSTANTINOPOLIS, crested, laureate helmeted bust left in imperial mantle & holding sceptre
Victory standing left, stepping on galley prow, cradling scepter and resting hand on shield, SMTSD in exergue
Weight: 2.0 g Diameter: 18 mm
Reference: RIC 188 (VII, Thessalonica)
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The photo says Licinius I who died before that reverse was introduced so the coin is either a fake or the photos got mixed up.

 

Wow Doug, yes i did get my ob mixed up...

 

Lol, ok I feel better. I was just kind of skimming, I noticed the obverse, (which I LOVE btw, I love these types of obverses), and saw the reverse and moved on. Something was "twitching" in the back of my brain about it, bothering me, but I didn't stop to think about it.

 

This is one of the few regular coins I still own. When I acquired it several years ago, I thought there was a bit of drapery on the shoulder. Maybe there isn't. In any case, the engraver of the obverse die created a delicate portrait Licinius, reminiscent of those of his Imperial predecessors. The slightly off-set portrait adds lends a confident haughtiness to the ruler.

ROME. Licinius I. AD 308-324.
Æ Follis (20mm, 3.1 g)
Siscia mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 319-320.
IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder
VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT/PR in two lines over altar; I on altar; ASIS*
RIC VII 96 var. (bust type) ​

 

Just what is it about that coin that makes it 'regular'? There are not all that many offset busts.

 

It's normal relative to what I usually collect. Some people have actually heard of it before!

 

Very nice Bill. I agree, it has a "Hadrian" quality to the portraiture. Probably one of the last ones of the Roman empire to have such art, though rarely in even later periods or even in Byzantine coins you will find such an example, but they are rare.

I appreciate this one, but have to say the older I get the more I am falling in love with what I call "art deco" style portraits like Eng posted. CNG had a terrific art deco portrait of Diocletian's wife a few months ago, and I am still kicking myself for not bidding. This very well could be a major new area of interest for me, as I have been threatening it for some time now.

 

This one I am very very fond of:



And this one is a newer aquisition I was happy to add to the collection:

 

Nice Julian.

I have been adding these to my collection since I named my son Julian.

 

This Diocleatian is in rather good shape -

 

I specifically like that portrait type of him, almost looks alien. I was going to name my son Julian as well (or maybe Claudian) but I had a daughter so I named her Cassia.

 

Sweet. My wife is pregnant again now, and I think we have settled on Alexander/Alexandra. If its Alexander, I have a few coins to cover it, but I imagine I will be getting more of those as well. Its a heck of an excuse.

 

Hey, congratulations Chris!

 

Oh! May I add my congratulations too? That's wonderful news Chris.

 

Here are a few of mine:
Maximian


Valens


Magnus Maximus


Theodosius II

 

Its not your fault, you kinda have to buy the coins...its not like you have a choice! Congrats BTW and good naming choices... My wife kinda gave me the honor of naming our child but reserved the veto...for instance...she did care for Urgulanilla.