Silvered Constantinopolis commemorative

Started by Victor, January 15, 2013, 05:57:35 PM

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Victor

On another board, the question was asked whether commemoratives were ever silvered. Below is an example from Alexandria with a good bit of the silvering intact. You do not find examples with silvering very often though.

A.D. 333-335
19x17mm    2.7g
Obv. CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS laureate, helmeted, wearing imperial mantle, holding scepter.
Rev. Victory stg. on prow, holding long scepter in r. hand, and resting l. hand on shield.
SMALB in exergue
RIC VII Alexandria  64   

Nikko

This is from a dear friend's collection.
I had never seen a silvered posthumous.

Victor

Quote from: Nikko on January 16, 2013, 10:46:07 AM
This is from a dear friend's collection.
I had never seen a silvered posthumous.


Nice. You seldom see them silvered. Below is the obverse from an example, but I don't remember where I originally saw it.