Your nicest LRB

Hey VK. What happened to your images?

 

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Hotlinking of images is blocked at CCF. He won't see them blocked because he already loaded them in his browser. At least, not right away.

So, you can't use CCF gallery images anywhere but there.

 

I am wondering teh same thing... I checked it on my laptop and I'm getting a "this site has no permission to use this bandwith" message but the photos show up fine on my comp... strange

 

Probably just done to prevent people using them as a picture hosting site. I would be too mad at CCF about that, bandwidth costs money.

 

Lots of money for some hosting plans. I wouldn't be mad either. I just upload photos here for posts.

Yep, as I just said, hot linking is blocked.

 

www.postimage.org

free hosting

 

Just edited my post and included the links I have from my photobucket.

 

These two are the highest grade in my small ancient collection.

 

Sorry, I didn’t identify the two coins (for those that don’t recognize them or read the legends). The first is Constantine I from 307-337 AD. The second one is Constantius II from 337-361.

The Constantine I coin depicts one standard between the soldiers. It is apparently slightly lighter than the previous version(s) that had two standards between the soldiers. Our member dougsmit informed me that the mintmark on the coin reads SMANA. The SM just means sacred money. The AN means Antioch where the coin was struck. The final A is a Greek numeral for the workshop within the mint.

The Constantius II coin depicts two victories on the reverse. This coin with the two victories is said to be a little lighter than its predecessors. I’m told that back in the day, the older coin & its heavy brethren were gathered up in some quantity & the material was subsequently minted into the lighter coins like this one. Again dougsmit informed me that the mintmark is ESIS. The E is the workshop number five (5) and SIS stands for the town of Siscia

 

One more. This one has excellent detail in my opinion, for a very "budget" coin...

Gratian - Roman Emperor: 367-383 AD. , AE3 Siscia.
DN GRATIANVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor in military dress, advancing right, head left, holding labarum, dragging captive behind him. Left field: P, right field: K , mintmark: DSISCA.
Weight: 2.1 g Diameter: 18 mm
Reference: RIC IX Siscia 14c
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I'd like to know what you guys think "Late" refers to, in LRB ... 300+ B.C. or what? (just curious)

 

Personally, I usually think of from Diocletians reforms to the end of Roman coinage. If a person wished to instead only consider from Constantine's kids later I wouldn't have much of an argument with them.

Basically, after Diocletians reforms, roman coinage permanently moved away from silver based coinage to large quantities of bronze ones, making late roman coins most numerous and less expensive than other Roman coins on average.

 

I would agree with dating it to Diocletian. Of course cheap bronzes were already being made well before like this one from Gallienus:



Then again this coin makes more of an attempt at likeness and the reverse is still more elegant.

These small bronze coins with, in general, much more representative, less artistic style began to become the norm for those who weren't in the class for gold. Silver coinage became rare or non-exisistant when before the Denarius was a Roman monetary standard.

It is when this:



Became this...



and that is a nicer example of an LRB in my opinion

Or when a coin like this wasn't, or couldn't, be produced any longer:



PS - This post was all just an excuse to post some more coins

 

Am I correct that the edge irregularities on Claudius are cuts rather than cracks? I wonder if the coin was attached to something once?

 

Constantius I, follis, 27-26 mm.
Srruck c. 302-303 at Aquileia, a mint with very large heads in this time period
CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES
SACR MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR
VI in field right, AQ gamma below
RIC Aquileia 36a

 

Well, I'm definitely gonna post a few more of my LRB's just in case I don't get another chance (my shelf-life in these coin forums is a bit uncertain at times) ...

Diocletian Antoninianus
284-305 A.D.
Diameter: 22 mm
Weight: 3.81 grams
Obverse: IMP DIOCLE TIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: IOVI FV LGERATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head right, preparing to hurl thunderbolt; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head right; XXI r in exergue
Reference: RIC V 168 var. (unlisted officiana and with eagle)
Other: near XF, flan crack ... RARE


Galerius Silver Follis
305-306 A.D.
Diameter: 27.6 mm
Weight: 10.4 grams
Obverse: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS PF AVG - Laureate bust of Galerius
Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI - Genius holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopiae. [dot]SM[dot]SD in exergue ... D in right field
Reference: RIC 12b

 

I believe it was. It looks like someone cut notches in it.

 

Maxentius - AE Follis
Wolf & Twins, Emperor, Roma and Captive
circa 307 A.D.
Diameter: 25 mm
Weight: 5.5 grams
Obverse: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head
Reverse: CONSERV - VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head left, within tetrastyle temple with wolf and twins in pediment, Victories as acroteria; holding globe and sceptre and presenting globe to Maxentius, captive seated between ... AQI (Aquileia)


Crispus AE3
320 A.D.
Siscia Mint
Diameter: 19.4 mm
Weight: 3.2 grams
Obverse: IVL CRISPVS NOB C - Laureate and cuirassed bust of Crispus, holding spear and shield
Reverse: VIRTVS EXERCIT - Two captives at base of vexillum inscribed VOT X; S / F / HL at sides. ASIS* in exergue
Reference: RIC 123 (r2)

 

Drusus => ummm, which of those two coins did you give your one and only "Like"? ... wow, thanks!!

:cheers:

 

i like that maxentius reverse, don't see that one very often!