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I am a bit of a sucker for London-mint Roman coins, so I couldn't argue with the price of this Constantine when I found it online. Also I don't have this reverse type yet, so that justified my purchase even more  Constantine I AE3 Obv: IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, laureate, helmeted bust right Rev: VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, Two Victories standing and holding shield inscribed VOT PR resting on altar, PLN in ex, London, RIC VII 157  (Seller's photo) Edited by VisigothKing
08/20/2012 1:40 pm
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VailianKnight, Very cool reverse...  I found one of these in my lot that I bought, I like the London Mints to..  |
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Thanks eng5858. I find the reverse interesting as well. It's kind of fancy IMO
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Very nice, I really need to start buy London mint coins.
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cool coin vk, I've been shoppin for the obverse type.
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 . Sorry. I've been kinda busy with attributing coins. This looks like a nice coin. Is this your image or the sellers? I have always thought the London mint coins were a breed apart from the other mints. That's not to say some of the others didn't do good work. I just like the bust style from London. Congrats. |
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Thanks chrsmat71, echizento and jw. No it is the seller's pics. I just bought it today from an online listing. I'd expect it to be darker in hand most likely. Quote:
I have always thought the London mint coins were a breed apart from the other mints. I believe that too. London, and also Trier, minted really nice coins IMO. I remember in a thread a long time ago bobby said the high quality engraving was possibly to impress the native population, or something like that. Edited by VisigothKing
08/20/2012 10:58 pm
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Very nice coin.
I've been looking around at Londinium coins, but haven't purchased any yet. I will in the future, probably after I reach the goal of 50 Roman Imperial emperors.
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Thanks gil-galad. Quote:
probably after I reach the goal of 50 Roman Imperial emperors. Awesome! Hope to see that  soon! But I'm curious, though. Are you going by actual emperors (imperators, Augustii), or are you including empresses, Caesars, etc.? Edited by VisigothKing
08/21/2012 01:21 am
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I'm including any Roman Imperial coin with a ruler, be it a Caesar, friend (Agrippa), Augustus, Augusta, Emperor, sister, brother, etc. I haven't been including Roman Provincial coinage for this. Although I plan on collecting more of those later on.
Instead, I think I'll just say Roman Imperial Rulers. Only supporting those in the RIC volume set.
I have 45 so far. I'm using the grid at Tantalus for that. It's very easy to tell which ones you have and which ones you don't. Not to mention each coin has it's own page. I would have 46 if I included Anastasius I. I'm not including that one because it's classified as Byzantine. So, I haven't linked the coin to the grid at the moment.
Some rulers are going to get really expensive after I reach 50. After 60 is going to be really difficult with my budget.
I'm curious as well. How many do you have?
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How many do you count? There are well over 50 cheap ones. Over 100 it does get to be a problem. One interesting feature of the ERIC II book was its ranking system of rarity by ruler. Pescennius Niger was 128; Romulus Augustus was 190; Silbannicus was not ranked and listed as impossible to obtain along with Saturninus and a couple others that are correctly stated impossible since the few extant coins are all in museums. Perhaps someone with a bound copy (all I have is the galley proof I was sent to review) could find who was #100 etc. and answer where the overpriced ones really start.
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I'm curious as well. How many do you have? Checked my database and I have 51 total rulers (including empresses, caesars, Agrippa, etc.), and if Roma and Constantinoplis are included, 53. Of the actual emperors (including usurpers), I have 42. |
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dougsmit => I own that lovely ERIC-II book ... go figure, eh? anyway, I "almost" spent the entire night, leafing-through the 1455 page book, with great intentions of jotting-down the ranking of each ruler (I was gonna go for huge Brownie-points) ... but after about 40 pages, I realized that this was gonna be a total drag, so I skipped to the back of the book and discovered a summary table) ... *phew* Sadly, I don't have a scanner, photocopier at home, so you won't be getting what you want anyway (plus, I ride my bike to work, so carrying the wonderful 20 lbs book in my knapsack is also not gonna be happening too soon) ... NOTE => at this point I realize that I'm losing all potential Brownie-points ... *sigh* "However" => if there is a rainy day, I will try to remember to bring ERIC-II to work ... As a tantalizer, I will give you the 5 Roman Imperial Rulers that were tied for 208th place and listed as "impossible to obtain" included: 208th - Sibannacus 208th - Saturninus 208th - Leontius 208th - Domitian II 208th - Constantia NOTE => these 5 Rulers had 0 coins in a total sampling of 233,056 coins ... On the flip-side, the top 5 "Most Common Rulers" included: 1 - Constantine I (15,609 coins) 2 - Gordian III (8,652 coins) 3 - Septimus Severus (7,252 coins) 4 - Hadrian (7,204 coins) 5 - Constantius II (7,088 coins) Kinda makes ya want to buy the book and see how it ends, eh?  NOTE => I opened-up a new thread and posted the 100 Top Most Common Rulers (man, I rock at times, eh?)  Edited by stevex6
08/21/2012 7:35 pm
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Nice one Jango - there is certainly a certain 'something' special about the London mint coins. I guess, much like it still does today London stubbornly walks its own path and attempts to stand out from the crowd. Who knows how much of that attitude existed then and how much Londons isolation and the Empires desire to impress the local slack jaws influenced the coins. Whatever influenced them I'm glad it did  |
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