Another Good 2013 Pick-Up

I'm as happy with my second 2013 coin as I was with my first and they have a lot in common, thought I would share it.

First coin thread here: https://goccf.com/t/137889

Everyone loves a good map, this one was taken from this site http://www.utexas.edu/courses/roman...ndimages.htm

As Constantine set about conquering Europe following his fathers death and his unexpected promotion to Augustus he left in his wake, and in his new mints some interesting 'special edition' coins.

Between 306 and 312 He fought his way from Britain through France and into Italy finally defeating Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on the 28th October 312AD. With his new lands came new mints, specifically Aquileia and Rome. In these two mints he immediately produced a version of a very common coin with a slight difference. The coin was the Sol, SOLI INVICTO COMITI reverse.

The slight difference was the addition of a kneeling / sitting captive in the left field of the reverse.

My Aquileia example bought a few years ago.

My example from Rome picked up today.

I picked this Rome example up today for $40 which is pretty good IMHO even though the coin does have some problems. I think its quite a powerful message to place on coins made in mints and areas Constantine had just conquered / liberated depending on your point of view. Both coins were minted in 312-313AD, after this time the mints reverted to the standard Sol reverse without the captive.

As is customary, here is a dancing fruit