Help with attribution

[mursik]

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[Tom Mullally]

Licinius I, AE 3 denomination.  Votive reverse type.

Tom

[mursik]

rare? Mint?

[Tom Mullally]

Arelate mint.  Here's your coin:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=04349q00.jpg&vpar=459&zpg=2357&fld=https://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins/

Tom

[mursik]

But on my coin there is no letter "A"? How it can be?

[Tom Mullally]

Your coin has S crescent and an unstruck letter in the exergue.  There should be another letter to the right of the crescent, but wasnt' struck, probaly due to a filled die.  The only difference between your coin and the link I sent is the second letter...which is unstruck on your coin.

Tom

[mursik]

Thank you very much! You want to tell, what it is identical coins, but on mine the letter Instead of was printed? On my coin defect or letters "A" there wasn't? And in what between them a difference?

[Tom Mullally]

I'm not sure I understand your question completely, but I'll explain.

The mintmark on your coin shows S crescent and an unknown letter.  It should be S crescent A.  The first letter is the officina number, the crescent and A indicate it's from Arelate.  This series was struck at four officinae; P,S,T and Q, which all should appear before the crecent A.  This coin of Licinius, however, was only struck at the second workshop (officina) which is S.  So, the only option for your mintmark is S crescent A.

I hope that is more clear,

Tom

[mursik]

This means that after receiving the letter A month on this coin has never been?Sorry for that I understand very little.

[Robert_Brenchley]

The 'A' indicated the workshop (officina in Latin) not the month. The letter may well have been clogged up on the die, hence it's non-appearance on the coin.

[mursik]

Clearly! "A" letter has been minted from the beginning in its manufacture. So this is a rare coin without the letter  "A"?

[Tom Mullally]

No, it's a common coin.  The fact that it's missing the A means nothing to its value.  The missing A is due to a clogged die as I said before.  What that means is there was dirt in the die when they struck the coin and the A did not appear.  It's not unusual at all.

Tom

[mursik]

ok))))  thank Tom,   you understand now