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Constantine I BONO GENIO PII IMPERATORIS from Alexandria
« on: July 19, 2014, 12:44:00 PM »
This type is a bit rare for Constantine.


Constantine I
A.D. 311- 312
23x25mm    7.1gm
FL VALERIVS CONSTANTINVS PF AVG; laureate head.
BONO GENIO PII IMPERATORIS; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, right holding patera from which liquid flows, left cornucopiae.   in fields crescent over K/ A over X.
In ex. ALE
RIC VI Alexandria 145

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Re: Constantine I BONO GENIO PII IMPERATORIS from Alexandria
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2014, 04:04:43 PM »
Very interesting and unusual obv. legend. I dont think there was another bronze/bilon issue of Constantine with VALERIVS full, no abbreviations.

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Re: Constantine I BONO GENIO PII IMPERATORIS from Alexandria
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2014, 06:33:03 PM »
Very interesting and unusual obv. legend. I dont think there was another bronze/bilon issue of Constantine with VALERIVS full, no abbreviations.

Yes, this was the only time it was used that I know of, the next closest is VALER, also from Alexandria.

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Re: Constantine I BONO GENIO PII IMPERATORIS from Alexandria
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2020, 03:34:03 PM »
This is one of my most recent acquisitions. I like the style but also the obverse legend with the complete spelling of VALERIVS. I have not seen many of this type for sale, I wonder how rare it is.

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Re: Constantine I BONO GENIO PII IMPERATORIS from Alexandria
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2020, 04:28:13 PM »

It's a nice example. They are pretty rare, but I expect the premium put on these by some collectors is not appreciated by more casual collectors, mainly due to the reverse which looks like a regular GENIO type, the only difference with this coin being the obverse and reverse legends.