Silvered Constantine I Ae Follis, Virtvs Exercit

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Masis Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 946 Posts	Posted 01/18/2013 8:58 pm After buying many AE LRB's , I bought this, since I had previously bought the plain, unsilvered, versions of it. Emperor: Constantine I Augustus of the west, 29th October 312 - 19th September 324 A D Coin: AE Follis, silvered. Obverse: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, helmeted and curassed bust facing to the left. Reverse: VIRTVS EXERCIT, Two bound captives, seated to either side of a Vexillum with VOT XX on the banner. S - F across the fields. Weight: 2.80 grams Diametre: 19.5 x 19.1.2 mm Die axis: 180 degrees Mintmark: ●TS●Gamma● (Thessalonica), struck in 320 A D Reference: RIC VII Thessalonica 75 Rated Scarce Edited by Masis 01/18/2013 8:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Gil-galad Pillar of the Community United States 2044 Posts	Posted 01/18/2013 9:09 pm Very nice coin. I've seen a few of those around without the silver wash. I've been planning to get one later on sometime. Nice pick up! Report this Post to the Staff
Windchild Pillar of the Community Canada 1411 Posts	Posted 01/18/2013 9:18 pm Silvering looks funny... I guess I've seen too many of this design without the wash... so It looks funny in Silver! Very Interesting that it is silver... because of the above reasons! Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 01/18/2013 9:43 pm Most of these coins I see are without the silvering, this is a very nice example with the silvering. Report this Post to the Staff
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