Unofficial: Obverse, Caesar. Reverse, Victory

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Masis Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 946 Posts	Posted 01/11/2013 5:48 pm This little AE4 was amoung a lot I bought months ago. The curious thing about it is it depicts a Caesar (maybe of the family of Constantine) on the obverse with a Victory on the reverse. This is the details about it: F...NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust facing to the right. Victoria, standing to the left, holding a spear with her right hand and resting her left hand upon a shield. 0.91 grams 13.5 x 13.5 x 0.7 mm 220 degrees A metal detecting find from Suffolk. Clearly an unofficial issue. Report this Post to the Staff

maridvnvm Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2100 Posts	Posted 01/11/2013 5:52 pm An interesting coin in that the reverse type is unusual when compared to the majority of the unofficial types that we typically see. Martin Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 01/11/2013 6:19 pm Report this Post to the Staff
bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 01/11/2013 6:20 pm Nice, and I agree as already pointed out its different to the norm, if there is a norm for these. Right facing and representing a Caesar. A little like this one, wrongly described in my opinion as 'Emperor dragging captive': Interesting how some people can tentatively assign unofficial styles to certain geographical areas, guess you would need to see a huge number of known finds to be able to do this though. Edited by bobbyhelmet 01/11/2013 6:29 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Eng5858 Pillar of the Community United States 1316 Posts	Posted 01/11/2013 6:32 pm nice find with MD, very interesting, will be following this thread.. Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 01/11/2013 9:39 pm Huh, I'm stumped as well Report this Post to the Staff
Masis Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 946 Posts	Posted 01/12/2013 09:15 am It is as if when the "unofficial minters" were churning out the unofficial Constantinopoli(s) AE's one of them suggested they try something different by imitating the obverse of a Constantinian Caesar. I've bought "Mule Fourrees" of the Severan era with an obverse from one emperor's reign with the reverse of the previous emperor's reign. But this Constantinian Unofficial AE is odd. Report this Post to the Staff
Doucet Pillar of the Community United States 1315 Posts	Posted 01/12/2013 09:30 am Yes, it's a neat coin. I have not seen one yet. Wish I had one. Report this Post to the Staff
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