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Could you also post a picture of the reverse?
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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I'm guessing urbs roma commemorative
HH
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Could you also post a picture of the reverse? I have it soaking in Olive oil at the moment to try to break up some of the dirt that is still on the back. I could pull it back out and get a picture, but until some of that dirt comes off there is almost no detail visible. I do have some hope that the reverse might clean up well if I can soften the dirt enough to get it off as there is a bit of the edge that is clean and shows a letter or two still in good shape so hopefully someday I'll be able to see detail under that dirt, but for now nothing would show up in a picture. |
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I'm guessing urbs roma commemorative
HH I tried googling that coin, and I think you are right. While it is too worn to actually read the legend on the front of the coin I can get an idea of the length of it when I look at the coin in hand, and the legend on that coin seems to fit along with the helmeted soldier/emperor on the front. |
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So I pulled it out and worked to try to scrape some of the dirt off the back, and have exposed a bit more writing, and tried to get a picture. Though as you can see there isn't a lot of detail on the reverse that is visible yet.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by Biancasdad
04/03/2015 11:03 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yup, Biancasdad nailed it.
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Valued Member
United States
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That looks like it. For the city commemoratives, if it cleans up enough to figure out the mint was it a commemorative for that specific city, or were they minted all over the place commemorating one major city?
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Pillar of the Community
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it's a rome city commemorative "vrbs roma" on the obverse..not the city it was minted in.
post your cleaned up pics!
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Pillar of the Community
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A quote from respected Constantine expert and CCF member Victor Clark, " They were minted to mark the founding of Constantinople and to also re-affirm Rome as the traditional center of the empire" City Commemorative page from his site here: http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/comm/ |
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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That type "VRBS ROMA" on obverse and "GLORIA EXERCITVS" on reverse is far scarcer than a "She-wolf with twins" or "Soldiers with vexillum" type
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it's a rome city commemorative "vrbs roma" on the obverse..not the city it was minted in.
post your cleaned up pics! Hopefully I'll be able to get it cleaner and post some more pics after it's done. I don't think the front will get much better, the lighting in the first pic makes it look like there is more dirt than there actually is, but it's looking like the back might come out pretty well once the cleaning is done. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I think Kurt is spot on, Urbs Roma/Gloria Exercitus mule type.
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Pillar of the Community
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Not sure why you think of this combo as a mule? A mule is a non-standard hybrid. The combo of the GE reverse with the your obverse may well have been mules for Trier, Nicomedia, Cyzicus, and Antioch, with mostly isolated or exceptionally rare occurrence, but it was a standard emission for Heraclea and Constantinople starting around 336. Like the Vota reverses used late, it was just one more reverse option used.
But, to be sure, what is the flan diameter and weight for this one?
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04/10/2015 11:38 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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This combo isn´t a mule, probably is a "link emission" made to show to public that this "new coin" was of same value than "soldiers and vexillum" type.
Is scarce, but not so rare to be a mule (I have 5 in my collection)
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