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Collection Upgrade - Constans

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 Posted 12/19/2023  11:40 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add MartiVltori to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Got this one yesterday.

Old Constans:
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New Constans:
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Constans (A.D. 337-350)
AE Centenionalis, A.D. 348-350, Thessalonica, 22.5mm, 6.25g, 180°, RIC VIII 109
Obv: DN CONSTANS PF AVG. Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO. Constans standing left on galley, holding phoenix and labarum, Victory seated ; TESΓ in ex.


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 Posted 12/19/2023  11:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add captainmandrake1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very nice! Awesome detail!
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 Posted 12/19/2023  2:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add paralyse to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Much better. Is that just green patina?

I like the oddball "Phoenix on rocks" reverse of your original (I have one of the same)

Interesting to compare the stylistic differences between Siscia and Thessalonica.
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 Posted 12/19/2023  2:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MartiVltori to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Paralyse, yes just some verdigris encrustation.
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 Posted 12/19/2023  5:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chrsmat71 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Oh yeah, nice upgrade MV....sharp and I dig the patina, even a little silvering still on there?
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 Posted 12/19/2023  6:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Super nice upgrade.
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 Posted 12/19/2023  9:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Both Constans, different types.
Keep both.
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 Posted 12/20/2023  03:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add maridvnvm to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Now that is a great upgrade.

I bought these two because on is the barbarous imitative of the other, which I thought quite interesting

Imitative
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Original mint product
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You could try and get a couple of other FEL TEMP coins to give those two company.....

I have some Phoenix-pyre coins
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But there is also Phoenix-globe
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And then there is the Hut type. I have too many.... Rome is normally in fine style....
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His fallen horseman types are ofter scarcer than their Constantius II equivalents
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 Posted 12/20/2023  09:31 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MartiVltori to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very nice Mari!
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