Late Roman Bronze Coins

ex 1954 Appleford Hoard. It still has lots of silvering.




Constantine I
A.D. 321- 323
19mm       3.1g
CONSTANTINVS AVG; laureate and trabeated bust right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand.
BEAT TRANQLITAS; globe set on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX; above, three stars.
in ex. PLON
RIC VII London 271; LMCC 9.05.015

Roman Imperial Coinage Volume V Part 5: Carausius and Allectus by Sam Moorhead



https://spinkbooks.com/products/roman-imperial-coinage-volume-v-part-5-by-sam-moorhead





THE ROMAN MINT OF LONDON, AD 296–325 by Ken Elks



https://www.numislit.com/pages/books/7565/ken-elks/the-roman-mint-of-london-ad-296-325

I updated my London page

https://constantinethegreatcoins.com/London/

I went through all my trays and sorted them earliest to latest and checked each coin against my website. I had several that I sold and deleted them, I found a few duplicates and removed them unless there was something special. I even found one coin in my trays that I had forgot to add to my site



Constantine I
A.D. 312- 313
22mm     4.7g
CONSTANTINVS P AVG; laureate helmet and cuirassed bust left with spear over shoulder and shield on left arm.
PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS; Prince standing right, head right, cloak behind, holding tranverse spear in right, globe in left; ✶in left field.
In ex. PLN
RIC VI London 267; LMCC 7.011.011


I also added several ex Appleford Hoard coins. Currently 128 coins of Constantine I

here's a Tetricus with SPES reverse in pretty decent style



18mm   3.1g

Very informative reverse legend 

I love these unofficial issues with horsemen on the shield



18mm     3.2g

I have a Trajan Decius with an old dealer tag.









Karel Chaura was born and died in Prague (4 Nov 1869- 5 May 1945) He was an antiquarian and founding member and official of the Czechoslovak Numismatic Society. He was a collector of coins and medals. He was the son of František Rudolf Chaura and their collection is now kept in the National Museum.








Trajan Decius
A.D. 249- 251
AR Antoninianus
21x22mm     4.3g
IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG; Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
VICTORIA AVG; Victory running left, wreath in right hand, palm in left.
RIC IV Rome 29c

Interesting to see the relative numbers of London SARMATIA DEVICTA (for Constantine I) vs VOT X (for Crispus and Constantine II) - 48/144/175. The hoard seems large enough, and straddles this time period, that I assume these are reflective of relative quantities in which they were made. Poor dad getting no respect.

It's also notable that while coins from this "PLON u" ( SARM. DEV/VOT X) issue are common in the hoard, there are none from the following (unlisted in RIC) "PLON u dot" one, confirming that this must have been a very low volume issue.

I just bought a group of 20 Constantinian London coins from the latest CNG auction. here is the description--

ROMAN. Imperial. Lot of twenty (20) London mint Æ Folles. Includes: various Constantinian rulers and types of mid-late reductions. Average VF - Near EF. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Twenty (20) coins in lot.

From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection.

The strange thing, is that if you look closely at the tags, you can see that most of these coins are from the Appleford Hoard. CNG seems to have forgotten to include what, at least to me, seems to be an important detail. They also sold some single coins from the hoard; which they described as such.




The Appleford Hoard was discovered in 1954 and contained 5,752 coins, most from the Constantinian period.

Here is a link to the article by C. King, "The Appleford Hoard"  Revue belge de numismatique

http://www.numisbel.be/inhoudstafel.htm#vol123

If the link doesn't land in the right section, scroll up or down to find it--- it is the 1977 volume

I have these two coins with the same RIC number that essentially have different bust types. Of course, different engravers are trying to accomodate the lengthy legend.

the first is the more usual bust type



Maximianus
A.D. 285- 295
Æ Antoninianus 22x23mm 3.4g
IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG; radiate and cuirassed bust right.
IOV ET HERCV CONSER AVGG•; Jupiter standing right, holding globe and sceptre, facing Hercules standing left, holding victory, club and lion's skin; between them Z.
In ex. XXI
RIC Vii Antioch 622


and this one, with no shoulders



Maximianus
A.D. 285- 295
Æ Antoninianus 22x23mm 3.3g
IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG; radiate and cuirassed bust right.
IOV ET HERCV CONSER AVGG•; Jupiter standing right, holding globe and sceptre, facing Hercules standing left, holding victory, club and lion's skin; between them Γ
In ex. XXI
RIC Vii Antioch 622