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SOLD FOR £256

France 20 francs Charles X 1828 gold coin

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SOLD FOR £248

UAE 1,000 Dirhams 2008 note

SOLD FOR £504

Zeeland double ducat 1748 silver coin

SOLD FOR £277

France 100 francs ‘Panthéon’ 1996

silver coin

SOLD FOR £416

France ‘20 francs noir’ 1875 banknote

Coins on

a budget

This month’s coin is a bargain,

purchased for £6 several months

ago, writes Ed Archer. It is a

double Maiorina of the emperor

Constantius II 337-361 AD, son

of Constantine the Great.

This coin formed part of

Constantius’ plan to sort out the

economy of the Roman Empire;

early varieties like the illustrated

example were quite heavy and

initially contained 2.5 percent

silver. Soon after its issue the size

plummeted due to the political

chaos within the Roman Empire.

The coin is special since it

commemorated the 1,100th

anniversary of the foundation

of Rome. This explains the

inscription on the reverse which

reads ‘Fel Temp Reparatio’ –

‘Happy times are here again.’

The figures on the reverse are a

soldier spearing a barbarian who has

fallen off his horse, symbolising Rome

crushing the nomadic barbarians.

The mint mark beneath is ‘ALEA’,

the first mint office of Alexandria, as

Constantius initially controlled the

Eastern Roman Empire.

The obverse shows the diademed

portrait of the Emperor Constantius

II. The inscription on the obverse is

‘DN CONSTANTIUS PF AVG’,

translated into English as ‘Lord

Constantius Augustus, who is dutiful

to the Gods’.

SOLD FOR £259

Spain 100 reales 1860 Madrid

Isabel II gold coin

SOLD FOR £266

Belgium 5000f Vesalius 1971 note

SOLD FOR £860

Chile 1 peso 1821 Santiago silver coin

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