Nice London Follis

For these coins London had no mint or field marks - Lyon also produced some of these unmarked coins but we can tell the difference using the legends and the bust styles. All other mints (apart from the odd coin) used one or the other, or both.

London also used 'LON' in exerge but this was a short lived thing and only lasted about a year after Constantinus invaded. In the space of about 8 years the style of the London coins changed massively from the small head long neck type that we see on the coins of Carausius to the above large head spread bust.

Did know that, thanks for the info. Sadly I only have one London mint coin in my entire collection.

bobbyhelmet

I also have no London coins but..........You and Jamesicus have made the whole London coin thing so interesting here that I find myself continually grabbing my own hand from pressing the bid button every time I see a London coin.

I know little about them, but it is very fascinating.

Congrats on your new addition.

And I must say, I'm a bit envious that you live in a place where it all happened!

I must say though that I live in New Mexico and bronze disease stays well north or south of here. It's so dry a drop of water is nearly as scarce as an ancient coin.

It is pretty cool, you never have to look far for a bit of history over here! - This is something that has interested me recently, it might you, I live about a mile away from this place:

http://www.brigantesnation.com/Site...shawHill.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penshaw_Monument

It was only recently discovered to be an Iron Age Hill-Fort with burial mounds around it, it also had a huge Greek style temple built on it in 1844 that just happens to be made from the old stones from a near-by Roman dam. In local folk-law a huge worm used to sleep wrapping itself around the hill causing the ramparts, that legend goes back to the time of the crusades. The mind boggles!

The exact location of the dam is unknown unfortunately though a few have theories as to where it was. There is also a belief that there is an undiscovered Roman fort in Sunderland as large amounts of worked Roman stone can be found here in old buildings but no major Roman sites have ever been identified.

Did I mention that George Washingtons ancestors also used to live here? Anyways, enough about my hometown




I'm certainly envious of this - I've had no luck recently!

FYI - my laptop exploded a few days ago so I might not be on-line much till I get it sorted out

Must be great living in a place steeped with history like that bobby. My area was just part of the Everglades until around 50 years ago....

BTW forgot to mention: Great coin! And at a nice price too!