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Valued Member
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Why are there so many coins of this dynasty?
The Constantine Dynasty- specifically:
Constantinus II
Constantine II
Constans
I come across a TON of these coins - and real cheap too.
Whats up with this?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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For starters Constantine and his sons reigned collectively for over 50 years
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Rest in Peace
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"Happy times are here again,...la de da de la de da...." Was a time when Rome was the big world cheese, had kicked *** and took names afterward (and their money, land, slaves).
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I see. do you think Constans and Constantine II are interest many buyers?
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Due to their easy availability and low cost, I think that these can make attractive entry in collecting Roman coins. Not many folks start on their 12 emperors set right out of the gate. I think that you will find others focus on some other aspect of Roman coins besides the dude on the front (e.g. architectural images, animals, ships, etc.)
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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In addition to the long collective reign and military prosperity, Diocletian's monetary reform had already started to crumble and inflate by the time Constantine had established himself. The Follis was almost back to the level of the antoninianus by the time Constantine kicked the bucket. So, just like in the US today, Rome had a booming economy, a huge population, and a nearly useless base monetary unit; thus scores of mints employing probably hundreds or thousands of workers were cranking money out as fast as they could for decades.
That said, while most coins from this era are sub-$5 for low grades and sub-$30 for attractive high grades, rare usurpers or emperors (Hanniballianus, Nepotian, Vetranio) in addition to rare reverse types can fetch respectable premiums. Just try to find a nice Julian bull AE1 for less than $100!
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Valued Member
New Zealand
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 with Finn235 with the Roman and now world economy. History repeats itself. Anyway I love uncleaned lots of these ones  . "ya never know what ya gotta get". I recently find a Barbarous copy of a Helmeted Constantine I too. I'll post it sometime. |
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Do most collectors ever like to obtain any coins of Constantine the Greats children?
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Constantine is the most popular since he is both more famous and issued a wider variety of reverse types, but I think most Roman collectors have a Fallen Horseman or two of Constans or Constantius II. I'm sort of passively assembling a set of reverse types, but there are any number of twists that would be fun and challenging - Reverse type set, bust type set, Mint set etc.
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thats what I figured. I have about half a dozen of those fallen horseman reverses of constantinus II or constantine II
Edited by Matt2018
02/06/2018 10:52 am
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