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COTD / Re: SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI for Constantine
« Last post by Victor on March 17, 2024, 06:03:14 PM »standing left...since it looks like the other leg is slightly bent.
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COTD / Re: SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI for Constantine
« Last post by Nikko on March 17, 2024, 05:39:54 PM »
..and what about this Sol?Standing left, head left or standing right, headl left?
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COTD / Constatius follis from Trier
« Last post by Adriaan78 on March 17, 2024, 12:37:20 PM »Happy to share with you my new acquisition. A beautiful follis of Constantius Chlorus. Still figuring out the attribution but I love the portrait! Attribution depends whether there was a star in the some what rough right field…
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COTD / Re: Constantine I PROVIDENTIAE AVGG from Arles...campgate of the day
« Last post by tjaart on March 16, 2024, 11:57:28 AM »Great coin. Love the portrait!
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COTD / Re: Constantine I PROVIDENTIAE AVGG from Arles...campgate of the day
« Last post by Victor on March 15, 2024, 10:49:38 PM »Thanks Doug. I got it in a group of CNG coins and was initially going to sell it; but after I looked at it closely, I decided to keep it.
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COTD / Re: Constantine I PROVIDENTIAE AVGG from Arles...campgate of the day
« Last post by Doug Hill on March 15, 2024, 09:46:21 PM »Victor, wow, that is one nice campgate!
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COTD / Constantine I PROVIDENTIAE AVGG from Arles...campgate of the day
« Last post by Victor on March 15, 2024, 12:56:16 PM »Here's a pretty sharp campgate that I just got.
Constantine I
A.D. 327
20x21mm 3.6g
CONSTAN-TINVS AVG; laureate head right.
PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, star above; S-F across fields.
In ex. ARLS
RIC VII Arles 309
Constantine I
A.D. 327
20x21mm 3.6g
CONSTAN-TINVS AVG; laureate head right.
PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, star above; S-F across fields.
In ex. ARLS
RIC VII Arles 309
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COTD / Maximinus II GENIO CAESARIS from Cyzicus
« Last post by Victor on March 13, 2024, 12:03:16 PM »a new Maximinus II
Maximinus II
A.D. 309- 310
Ӕ follis 24x25mm 8.4g
GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C; laureate head right.
GENIO CAESARIS; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows & cornucopiae; Γ in left, ✶in right.
In ex. MKV
RIC VI Cyzicus 55
Maximinus II
A.D. 309- 310
Ӕ follis 24x25mm 8.4g
GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C; laureate head right.
GENIO CAESARIS; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows & cornucopiae; Γ in left, ✶in right.
In ex. MKV
RIC VI Cyzicus 55
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COTD / Re: SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI for Constantine
« Last post by Heliodromus on March 10, 2024, 09:10:52 AM »I don't believe there is any real difference between "holding globe close to body" and "holding globe across body".
Lech says the same thing on his p.389 notes:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/notInRic/cv6.html
I think in cases like this there may have been some very minor difference between specimens - same basic arm bent, elbow out pose, holding globe close to body, but in one case really close to body, and in another with a slight gap. It's probably a result of recording the coins, without photographs to go back and compare, before they had seen enough coins to realize the big picture and properly determine the "multiple choice" categories.
The RIC 339 & 340 listings reference specimens in Vienna which unfortunately they don't have online, but it's possible they may give a photo if you ask (Lech has been successful before, but maybe because of his famous Not In RIC site). I'd bet the Vienna specimens look the same as all the others!
Lech says the same thing on his p.389 notes:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/notInRic/cv6.html
I think in cases like this there may have been some very minor difference between specimens - same basic arm bent, elbow out pose, holding globe close to body, but in one case really close to body, and in another with a slight gap. It's probably a result of recording the coins, without photographs to go back and compare, before they had seen enough coins to realize the big picture and properly determine the "multiple choice" categories.
The RIC 339 & 340 listings reference specimens in Vienna which unfortunately they don't have online, but it's possible they may give a photo if you ask (Lech has been successful before, but maybe because of his famous Not In RIC site). I'd bet the Vienna specimens look the same as all the others!
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COTD / Re: SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI for Constantine
« Last post by Adriaan78 on March 10, 2024, 08:19:36 AM »EDIT:
I found some example of RIC 339 and 340 on NOT IN RIC and I agree that the coin is RIC 340. However, the difference between "holding globe close" and "across body" is completely unclear to me.
I found some example of RIC 339 and 340 on NOT IN RIC and I agree that the coin is RIC 340. However, the difference between "holding globe close" and "across body" is completely unclear to me.