So
help a newbie on ancients out. I decided to buy this piece, even though I am not collecting the period, because it seems to offer a
good link between the
Roman Republic pieces I have just started collecting and my main collecting
area of Great
Britain. Besides re-taking the province of
Britain he was also father of
Constantine the great, so it fits into my idea of historical coinage.
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-110057The sellers (whom I have bought some British from and have developed a great deal of trust in) description:
Constantius I as
Caesar (A.D. 293 - 305), Bronze
Follis, 9.41g., 27mm,
London mint, c. A.D. 300 onward, Group I, Class II(a), laureate
cuirassed bust right, FL
VAL CONSTANTINVS
NOB C,
rev.,
Genius standing left
modius on
head, holding
cornucopiae with
chlamys over left shoulder,
patera in right from which liquor flows,
exergue blank,
GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, (
RIC VI, 14a), almost
extremely fine, dark black
patina,
rare.
So give me your thoughts: Is it a
good example? Tough to find? Should I have waited? What areas should I examine most closely when looking at these?
For example it's a little off center, to me it doesn't seem terrible for the period, but I'd like to know how others would evaluate it. I'll be keeping it regardless but this is your chance to educate someone.