Constantius II Struck Under Vetranio

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pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 05/30/2015 6:23 pm I didn't know that Vetriano did that until I read it recently. For a long time I was totally unimpressed by the Constantine family. Horsemen and soldiers with standards did nothing for me and I had hundreds of the darn things. Recently I have gained an appreciation of some reverses that I previously found "boring". I have recently picked up a few Centenionales which show more detail on the reverse than I am used to seeing. I saw this coin and the detail just blew me away. I got it for £8 which I thought very reasonable. A similar coin (better than mine) is on wildwinds and sold for over £170 in 2005. (So knock of £160 for the chunks missing out of my coin, I reckon I am still ahead.) Sellers pic Siscia RIC VIII 284 Constantius II (AD 337-361). Billon centenionalis (4.7 gm 22mm). Struck by Vetranio, AD350. D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, bust right, wearing pearl diadem, between A and star CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing left, holding two standards inscribed Chi-Rho, star above his head, A in left field, .ASIS. in exergue. RIC 284, officina A (= 1). Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 05/30/2015 6:33 pm Nice coin. To this day I don't know how to tell which of these was struck by Constantius II and which was by Vetraino. Is there a sure fire way to tell? Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 05/30/2015 6:41 pm I have absolutely no idea. The information came from Wildwinds and it refers to RIC VIII. I have a copy, so will trawl through it and if I find an answer I will post. It might take a day or two. Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 05/30/2015 7:53 pm The style eventually returned to the standard imperial style after Vetranio stopped issuing them. There is a Vetranian issue for Constantius Gallus (who was elevated after Vetranio ceded) which was struck at a mint that Vetranio never controlled, if I remember correctly. Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4971 Posts	Posted 05/30/2015 8:31 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Topcat7 Pillar of the Community 1121 Posts	Posted 05/30/2015 8:46 pm Nice coin, Pish. Central strike, and good detail. Haven't we all got a pile of coins startng with 'Constan . . . . . . ' Like you, I am sitting on mine and one day I will get the 'will' to go through them and hopefully (like you) the lights will come on and my interest will be 'sparked'. Report this Post to the Staff
orfew Pillar of the Community Canada 1269 Posts	Posted 05/30/2015 9:05 pm Nice coin. I really like the look of the portrait. Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 05/31/2015 9:26 pm A recent pickup, a Vetranio struck under Vetranio $40 brought this home with me. Edited by VisigothKing 05/31/2015 9:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff
augustus1 Pillar of the Community United States 549 Posts	Posted 06/05/2015 12:01 am Here is a site on coins of Vetranio who issued six AE types, some of which were also issued in the names of Constantius II and Constantius Gallus. http://esty.ancients.info/vetranio/Vetranio.html The first page illustrates only coins in the name of Vetranio, but it links to a page with those types for the other rulers. The ultimate resource is, of course, RIC VIII, which assigns coins to narrow time periods according to the precise mint marks. Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 06/05/2015 08:26 am Thanks for the link Augustus1. Report this Post to the Staff
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