Late Roman Bronze Coins

The new RIC V.5 is a chore to use. Variations that may have been better suited as footnotes are given a RIC number.

This Maximianus coin used to be London 34; but now it has different numbers according to the sceptre.

a vertical scepter is RIC V.5 London 3607





and a transverse sceptre is RIC V.5 London 3610





and the Allectus galley type has over a dozen different entries according to mast or no mast, waves or no waves, how many rowers etc.

RIC V.5 London 276 (maybe)

Quote from: six2ten on April 28, 2025, 05:27:31 PMSo you won the bidding war then? 

Yes...and I quess that I am happy 


It is a superb example though and I really wanted it for my campgate collection. The last example I had was, in dealer talk, "collector grade" (when you just have to have an example) and I eventually sold it.

So you won the bidding war then? 

If you want to get a campgate from Sirmium it has to be Constantius II. Constantine I had SARMATIA DEVICTA and Crispus and Constantine II had ALAMANNIA DEVICTA. So Constantius alone appeared on the campgates.




Constantius II
A.D. 324- 325
Ӕ nummus    18mm    3.3g
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left.
PROVIDENTIAE CAESS; campgate with two turrets and ✶ between them.
in ex. SIRM
RIC VII Sirmium 53


https://constantinethegreatcoins.com/campgates/

It seems like this seller was selling off a hoard that was slabbed. The coins had the same patina/encrustations and most were from around or just after the revolt of Nepotian. ...in fact one of the coins was a Nepotianus that sold for $575. I considered dropping a bid on it. It had a really nice obverse but the reverse was pretty rough. Here's the coin I bought from the bunch.

attachments are working after the update

This one is pretty rough; but it is also pretty rare. I am guesstimating about the RIC number as [humor on] I can't make heads or tails out of the obverse.[humor off] 





Magnentius
A.D. 350-3
21x24mm   5.3g
[D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG]; bare-headed, draped & cuirassed bust right
SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES surrounding wreath enclosing large Chi-Rho flanked by A-W.
In ex. [LPAR]
RIC VIII Arles 201/202

worn LRB's and assorted Roman junk

I was going to post this on Easter weekend; but the forum was down.

This reverse of this coin is VOT easter egg XX 



Constantine I
A.D. 321
Ӕ nummus 20mm 3.7g
CONSTA-NTINVS AVG; Laureate head right.
D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG surrounding laurel wreath enclosing VOT XX.
In ex. RP
RIC VII Rome 232/ 237

Yes, sorry about that. I had the same issue once. Unfortunately, my webpage is 20 years old and I don't expect I will update it...but, who knows what might happen in the future.