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Offline Nikko

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Constantine I, GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Serdica mint
« on: December 08, 2022, 11:24:02 AM »
I'm very proud to to share this rare coin. My personal Xmas gift.

Constantine I, as Caesar, 306-307.

FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB CAESAR
GENIO POPVLI ROMANI - gamma in right field
dot SM dot SD dot
RIC VI Serdica 26

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Re: Constantine I, GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Serdica mint
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2022, 12:35:03 PM »
congrats it's a beauty...a Merry Christmas indeed.

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Re: Constantine I, GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Serdica mint
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2022, 05:15:26 PM »
Yes! I understand those GPR coins featuring Constantine as Caesar from Eastern mints are pretty scarce.

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Re: Constantine I, GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Serdica mint
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2022, 08:51:29 AM »
I've seen a couple examples of this coin available for purchase over the years (and yours is quite nice - congratulations!), the one I haven't been able to find is a Constantine/caesar coin from Nicomedia. RIC lists them as only R (the Serdica coin is R3), it's the only mint that I'm missing. Here's my Serdica coin though --


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Re: Constantine I, GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Serdica mint
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2022, 11:23:40 AM »
It's an outstanding coin! R3 is probably the correct rarity for this type. It has not been inflated by the flood of coins from Eastern Europe (despite my one comes from a large butch of tetrarchic follis from eastern mints).

I do not have a fully silvered Serdica one, but here is my heraclean Genio  ;D