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Those are all super examples. I wish the few that I have looked that good.
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Don't have a picture of mine readily available, and it's particular patina makes it hard to capture in photographs. But I am loving these, I personally have the VRBS ROMA type and it has fairly nice detail.
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Egypt, Alexandria AE Follis, City Commemorative s.337-347 AD 2.69 g x 18 mm Obv: CONSTANTINOPOLIS, Helmeted and mantled bust of Constantinopolis left, holding reversed spear over shoulder. Rev: Victory standing prow, holding scepter and leaning on shield. Mintmark SMALA Ref: RIC VIII 17 Note:Very rare. The most superb example of the mint...look for me on wildwinds...   Edited by Ancientnoob
10/30/2014 10:56 pm
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Whoa, love the detail on the headgear on that one.
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Does this one count as a city commemorative? Struck in 248 AD by Phillip The Arab commemorates the 100 years since the founding of Rome.(Secular Games)  Edited by Ancientnoob
11/01/2014 4:39 pm
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Does this one count as a city commemorative? Nah, in the strict sense as 'city commemorative' is used within Roman coinage it does not - but it is still a nice coin. |
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Even better, it's an Empire commemorative :)
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Thanks to all for joining in this thread. I really do enjoy seeing these types...so many variations in style and artistic quality. The one cuckoo in the nest was a nice surprise too, Ancientnoob!  Any more? Edited by Valecrucis
11/01/2014 5:15 pm
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I have defeat of... Commemoratives too... But thats for a difderent thread...
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I love some of the coins posted here. Here's a couple of Mine. One good, and one, well, not so good.   330-346A.D. ROMAN Follis Siscia Mint Sear 3894, RIC VII Siscia 240 AE3 Obv. Helmeted Bust L. Rev.She Wolf and Romulus and Remus AE19, Wt 2.03 gm Constantine I (The Great) and   333A.D. ROMAN Commemmorative Issue Constantinopolis RIC VII 120 Constantinopoli Bust L. Obv. Victory Standing on bow Rev. AE18.5, Wt 3 gm |
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Well, Ancientnoob, I think VKs coin on this thread counts as a 'defeat of' commemorative too. Unlike the vainglorious Roman style it possesses a far more classy 'you call yourselves unconquerable?' kind of sarcasm. Much better!
Nice Urbs Roma there TC7....good depiction of Romulus and Remus playing pattercake...
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11/01/2014 5:51 pm
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Great thread and great coins! Here is one, PCONST with the Chi Rho. It's pretty rough flan, but it is nearly as struck.  Another nice little AQS from Aquila I was happy to get from Victor.  There are a lot of barbarous, unofficial coins of these types. Here is one with VRBS ROMA obv. and Victory rev.  And another one with a right facing bust of Constantinopolis.  And here are my two official VRBS ROMAs.   |
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Here my two Urbs Roma and one of the Constantinoplis:   AE 4 Alexandria off.D - RIC#8   Follis Siscia off.D - RIC#240   Follis Siscia off.B - RIC#241 |
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More great coins....keep them coming.
Doucet, I love your chi-rho PCONST example...very nice!
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Commemorating the defeat of the Carthaginians.. Cn. Blasio. Cn.f. 112-111 BC. AR Denarius 3.58 g. Obv. Helmeted head of Scipio Africanus as Jupiter right Rev. Jupiter standing between Juno and Minerva; Q in right field. Crawford 296/1c; Sydenham 561b; Cornelia 19.  and... Commemorating the defeat of the Greeks T. Quinctius Flamininus, AR denarius, 3.82g c.BC 126. ROMA obverse and Twin horse riders. One old auction discription of the same coin, says that the TQ is the monogram of the moneyers ancestor, the Titus Quinctius Flamininus that defeated, Philip V of Macedon, in the final conquest of the Greeks and Phoenicians. The coin is dated after the death of T. Quinctius Flamininus in approx. BC 174 I love the trouncing of the Macedonian Shield.  Edited by Ancientnoob
11/01/2014 8:03 pm
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