I'm going to try to be a little more active--or active at all--on this board. I post a good bit on another board, but I need to expand my horizons. ;D
Attached is a recent win from the ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL COINS CANADA inaugural auction--a coin of Constantius Chlorus, struck at London. Since CC was based in Britannia, I wonder if the London die engravers had special insight into what he looked like. In other words, this portrait feels true to life, and not a typical stylized bull-necked tetrarch. Perhaps that's too romantic. In any event, I was happy to add a coin from the James Pickering collection.
The principal residence of Constantius I was Trier, as that city was the capital of the province of Gallia Belgica (North eastern Gaul). Below is a Trier example from about the same time.
(https://www.lateromanbronzecoinforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.constantinethegreatcoins.com%2FRulers%2FConstantius_I%2FTrier555.JPG&hash=50c469bf78ac87fa24b1f1da38f1b96716d0f0ae)
from the ancient sources, you can get an idea of his movement. See The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine by Timothy Barnes
AD 293, March 1st proclaimed Caesar, probably in Milan
AD 293, early summer expels troops of Carausius from NW Gaul
AD 293 repels invasion of Batavia
AD 294, Aug 5 at Cologne
AD 295 visits Italy
AD 296 recovery of Britain
AD 297 at Trier
AD 300 or 301 victory over Franci
AD 302 victory over Germanic tribes in territory of the Lingones
AD 303 German victory near Vindonissa
AD 304 victory over Germanic raiders who had crossed the frozen Rhine
AD 305 crosses from Boulogne to Britain and in a campaign against the Picts.
AD 306, July 25 dies at York
Thanks Victor. Very interesting. I’ve read Barnes’s CONSTANTINE AND EUSEBIUS. He certainly is the expert.
I've been wanting to be more active here too. I'll work on it. I read the daily posts but have toddler that prevents me from doing anything that requires more than 15 seconds of focus until we can battle him to bed.
Anyway, I'm active a few places by different screen names (CT= Orange Julius for example... the result of a bottle of wine while signing up and a no-user name change policy).
Here's a Constantius I from London that I bought from one of Victor's eBay auctions over the last summer.
Constantius I
A.D. 303
CONSTANTIVS NOB C; laureate and cuirassed bust.
GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, right holding patera, left cornucopiae.
No mintmark
RIC VI London 37a
Yeah, I need to keep a closer eye on Victor's eBay auctions. That's a nice grab.