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Offline Nikko

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Constantine I VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN
« on: May 31, 2013, 11:44:49 AM »
I got this coin a few months ago.
It has a nice but atypical Constantine's portrait.


O//: CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES
R//: VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN
E//: AQGamma
RIC VI Aquileia 100b (R)
28mm x 9,8gr
Struck by Severo II in the name of Constantine I between july 306 and march 307.

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Re: Constantine I VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2013, 11:57:58 AM »
That's a nice example.

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Re: Constantine I VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2013, 01:26:37 PM »
Thanks.
Another specimen was recently sold by Roma Numimsmatics for the beauty of 440 GBP.
It shows a completely different portrait without beard.

PS
It looks to my eyes a little tooled.