Late Roman Bronze Coins
Coin talk => Late Roman Bronze coins => Topic started by: ambr0zie on October 29, 2020, 05:27:16 PM
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Helo ladies and gentlemen,
I would need another RIC number confirmation please.
Obverse - ... CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C
Reverse Beata Tranquillitas type but with mintmark dot STR dot I cannot find it at all.
Many thanks.
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I cannot edit the post - could it be a mappa in Constantine's left hand?
http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.7.tri.382
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Your coin is RIC VII Trier 382, though described as a mappa in some literature, it is actually a parazonium
https://www.lateromanbronzecoinforum.com/index.php/topic,1016.msg2842.html#msg2842
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Thanks Victor.
I am glad I am starting to nail them myself, as I found the correct RIC number as well but wasn't sure about the mappa issue.
Rarity in RIC is R3 but I doubt it very much.
Anyway I like this coin, the obverse design is beautiful and from all the Beata Tranquillitas types I think it's the best.
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the BEATA series from Trier has lots of interesting bust types. This is my current favorite for Constantine II
Constantine II
A.D. 323
CONSTANTINVS IVN N C; laureate and cuirassed bust left, decorated shield on left arm, spear over shoulder, holding horse by bridle with right hand.
BEATA TRAN- QVILLITAS globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX; above, three stars.
in ex. •PTR crescent
RIC VII Trier 415
Shield decorated with two people, maybe Constantine I and Constantine II, shaking hands.
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I was quite astonished by the variety of obverses for this type, as I only knew a few.
And major differences in design, including the ones from the same ruler.
Yours looks like COnstantine is a child holding a puppet horse :) and yes, it is beautiful.
On mine I cannot unlook what I saw for the first time, a child holding a toy.
Another interesting type, I am sure you know all of them, is the one with the Chi-Ro on the shield.