Late Roman Bronze Coins
Coin talk => COTD => Topic started by: Adriaan78 on April 23, 2023, 02:27:31 PM
It took me some time but finally I was able to acquire one of my "holy grail" coins. I think it is a one of the better examples out there. Although the coin is not as rare as I first suspected it was though to find a decent one. It is often described as the emperor spearing a lion but actually the emperor has ahis right hand raised raised hand. It was probably struck to celebrate Constantine's decennalia.
congrats...it's an extraordinary coin.
That is an amazing coin in amazing condition. Wonderfully detailed reverse.
Great coin - super quality!
The emperor has already flung his spear - now sticking in side of the lion!
It's interesting that officina "T" always have the emperor holding shield, and P/S/Q never. Maybe single engraver per officina.
I'm curious where you found this one - didn't notice it in any auction - was it a local buy ?
Quote from: Heliodromus on April 27, 2023, 12:09:10 PM
It's interesting that officina "T" always have the emperor holding shield, and P/S/Q never. Maybe single engraver per officina.
Not always true.
(https://www.notinric.lechstepniewski.info/7rom-17_2_b5_s_zoom.jpg)
That is why I am not sure that on Adriaan78's coin officina letter is T.
Yes - I forgot about that specimen, but it's the only one out of 35 I have photos for that doesn't follow the pattern.
Ah! I did not know that... I thought all examples with a shield were from officina T. Knowing this I think the officina letter could very well be S... I found a nice article on these coins with a lot of examples (although the text was in French...). After comparing I will tentatively label the coin with officina S!
Quote from: Adriaan78 on August 10, 2023, 07:59:39 AM
After comparing I will tentatively label the coin with officina S!
Yes - after looking a bit closer, that seems to be correct. The bust styles are quite different between officinas, and yours is a good match for "S".
Similarly, based on bust style, I think the top coin below, from British Museum, must also be officina S.
So that's three different officina S obv dies with the shield.