Hussulo Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 HI I have a Constantine Follis Two bound captives type 320 A.D. Trier Mint. RIC 254 rarety of R4 I was wondering if anyone could give me a current value for the coin? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 I would say this coin is in the $40 range. There are many factors though. It is an r4, but the VIRTVS-EXERCIT series as a whole is not rare at all. Generally it is only specialists that look for the assorted field marks. It would also depend on where it was sold. On E-bay it might get less, or more if two people decide to fight over it (which happens all too often!). On V-coins this type for Constantine from various mints runs the gamut from $25 to $155 (it is an extremely sharp example with silvering though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted February 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Thanks Victor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodies Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 Hi, According to my information,, http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/virtvs-exerciti.xls (Excel) Constantine I CONSTA-NTINVS AVG HC VIRTVS-EXERCIT PTR * Trier RIC VII Trier 254 var r5 follis 320 .. this coin is R5 not R4. In this quality you won't find it for 40. I think something in the direction of $ 60-70 is more fair. Lx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted May 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 Hi, According to my information,, http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/virtvs-exerciti.xls (Excel) Constantine I CONSTA-NTINVS AVG HC VIRTVS-EXERCIT PTR * Trier RIC VII Trier 254 var r5 follis 320 .. this coin is R5 not R4. In this quality you won't find it for 40. I think something in the direction of $ 60-70 is more fair. Lx Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 very nice constantine coin hussulo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted May 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 very nice constantine coin hussulo Thanks its actually nicer in hand the scans are quite low quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 well, from the scan I can tell it still has much of its finer details and is well struck. I used to not be so fond of constantine coins but through the years I have developed an affinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesicus Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 .......... I used to not be so fond of constantine coins but through the years I have developed an affinity. Me too, Drusus -- after specializing in Julio-Claudians for many years. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 I have to say compared to julio claudian coins...still they dont compare..but they are interesting for other reasons and there are some impressive examples that show real artistry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 According to my information,, .. this coin is R5 not R4. In this quality you won't find it for 40. I think something in the direction of $ 60-70 is more fair. The exergue on the coin in question looks to be dot PTR, which would mean RIC VII Trier 254. In the footnotes of RIC, a coin is mentioned without a dot, but Hussulo's coin seems to have the dot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted July 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 The exergue on the coin in question looks to be dot PTR, which would mean RIC VII Trier 254. In the footnotes of RIC, a coin is mentioned without a dot, but Hussulo's coin seems to have the dot. Hi Victor. Sorry I am not very knowledgeable on roman coin varieties and do not have any RIC reference. It does appear to have a dot before PTR. What does this mean exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 It does appear to have a dot before PTR. What does this mean exactly? It means that you had it right at first as RIC 254 rarity of R4, but like I said originally, the VIRTVS-EXERCIT series as a whole is not rare at all, so the r4 doesn't mean a lot. There are about a dozen variations (different mint mark, obverse legends etc.) of these coins for Constantine from Trier, and all are rated as rare, so all together not rare at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hussulo Posted July 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 It means that you had it right at first as RIC 254 rarity of R4, but like I said originally, the VIRTVS-EXERCIT series as a whole is not rare at all, so the r4 doesn't mean a lot. There are about a dozen variations (different mint mark, obverse legends etc.) of these coins for Constantine from Trier, and all are rated as rare, so all together not rare at all. Ok. Thanks Victor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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