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Author Topic: Mintmark SMKA or SMKΔ?  (Read 663 times)

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Offline Daniel Bergström

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Mintmark SMKA or SMKΔ?
« on: February 06, 2017, 05:21:21 pm »
Hi i have this coin of licinius I and II and i'm uncertain of the officina, what do you think?

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Re: Mintmark SMKA or SMKΔ?
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2017, 05:52:50 pm »
I can see a small vertical line directly below the top of the letter. Therefore I vote for A.

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Re: Mintmark SMKA or SMKΔ?
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2017, 06:23:29 pm »
Agree.

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Re: Mintmark SMKA or SMKΔ?
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2017, 08:54:23 pm »
Fantastic to see the incredibly rare type!

Can we see the obverse?

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Re: Mintmark SMKA or SMKΔ?
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2017, 11:11:20 am »

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Re: Mintmark SMKA or SMKΔ?
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2017, 07:26:24 pm »
Thanks.  Very nice.  Interesting condition.  Looks porous but still detailed.

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Offline Daniel Bergström

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Re: Mintmark SMKA or SMKΔ?
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2017, 03:11:59 am »
Some better photos, with my macro camera.

 

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