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Sometimes I would just like to create an excuse to see the coins of a broad number of people on a thread, all collected together. To this end, I thought coins which most might have access to would be one of my humble favourites, the City Commemoratives. I will start us off: Rome City commemorative, AD 330-346, Trier. 18mm, 2.02g, DA 0°. Obv. URBS ROMA Female personification of Rome Rev. Romulus and Remus being suckled by the she-wolf. Two stars above - Dioscuri. In exe. TR.P. Ref. RIC 542.  Constantinople City Commemorative, AE 3, Thessalonica, 335AD. 19mm, 3.0g, DA 0°. Obv. CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, helmeted, laur. and mantled bust l., holding sceptre across shoulder. Rev. Victory stg. l., r. foot on prow, sceptre in r. hand, resting l. on shield, SMTSD in ex. Ref. RIC VII 230.  Edited by Valecrucis
10/30/2014 09:31 am
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Edited by VisigothKing
10/30/2014 09:46 am
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Interesting variation on the VRBS ROMA type, VK. who minted it and where?
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The Ostrogoths during their rule of Italy in the late 5th-early 6th century AD, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Their coins were Roman in style. The obverse legend is IMVICTA ROMA, "unconquerable Rome".
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Must be one of the earliest instances of irony being used in a coin legend!  Edited by Valecrucis
10/30/2014 09:58 am
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That's what I was thinking |
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Guess you are right - wonder who has a couple dozen Roman coins and no city commemorative.
Personally I got two of each:
Urbs Roma - Alexandria (SMALD) 337-340 / RIC#8
Urbs Roma - Siscia (.DSIS.) 334-335 / RIC#240
Constantinopolis - Siscia (.BSIS.) 334-335 / RIC#241
Constantinopolis - Treveri (TRS) 333-334 / RIC#563
Nothing remarkable but the she-wolf on both is a different design (and different to yours).
If no-one comes with those designs, I'll scan those sides in.
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those are some nice ones. I have this not so nice one..   looks a bit better in hand. |
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Very nice coins! here is mine   |
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Those are all super examples. I wish the few that I have looked that good.
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Don't have a picture of mine readily available, and it's particular patina makes it hard to capture in photographs. But I am loving these, I personally have the VRBS ROMA type and it has fairly nice detail.
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Egypt, Alexandria AE Follis, City Commemorative s.337-347 AD 2.69 g x 18 mm Obv: CONSTANTINOPOLIS, Helmeted and mantled bust of Constantinopolis left, holding reversed spear over shoulder. Rev: Victory standing prow, holding scepter and leaning on shield. Mintmark SMALA Ref: RIC VIII 17 Note:Very rare. The most superb example of the mint...look for me on wildwinds...   Edited by Ancientnoob
10/30/2014 10:56 pm
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Whoa, love the detail on the headgear on that one.
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Does this one count as a city commemorative? Struck in 248 AD by Phillip The Arab commemorates the 100 years since the founding of Rome.(Secular Games)  Edited by Ancientnoob
11/01/2014 4:39 pm
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Does this one count as a city commemorative? Nah, in the strict sense as 'city commemorative' is used within Roman coinage it does not - but it is still a nice coin. |
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Even better, it's an Empire commemorative :)
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