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Offline George X

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mint for constantius coin
« on: January 24, 2022, 11:48:37 pm »
its a constantius II coin.. fel temp
there seems to be spacing for 4 letter
but the mint seems to be BS??,
could it be BSIRM or BSIS or BSIS..D or star or L or shapes
i dont think its starts with A..
any suggestion
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Re: mint for constantius coin
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2022, 12:37:19 am »
It is hard to tell
four letters, probably BSIS, there is no additional characters (marks) visible
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Re: mint for constantius coin
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2022, 10:28:41 am »
Quote from: Teutoburgium on January 25, 2022, 12:37:19 am
there is no additional characters (marks) visible

And that's bad, because there are some marks which make a difference. But there could be also some hints. Give the weight of the coin and try to clean the bust. Is there any letter behind the bust? What kind of diadem Constantius wears? (pearl?, rosette?) Does he hold something? (probably not).

Of course, good cleaning of the exergue would be better.
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Re: mint for constantius coin
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2022, 11:22:19 am »
Size and weight would help.  But this is almost certainly from the 5th series.  The 5th and 6th series are small but the 6th almost always has M in the reverse field and the 5th usually has no field marks.

The mint mark should be ASISZ or ASISD.  The Z is sometimes more of a  :zag: or  :zig: or  :zigzag: .  There is also just an ASIS but it looks like there are faint traces of a 5th character there....

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Re: mint for constantius coin
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2022, 12:33:47 pm »
My guess is RIC VIII SISCIA 350



But officina letter is probably "B", not "A". "A" has more angular shape.
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Re: mint for constantius coin
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2022, 01:07:15 pm »
The size and weight always help...

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Re: mint for constantius coin
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2022, 08:12:47 pm »
18-20mm 2.45g
the spread of the lettering under the line indicates 5 letters ,
and there is no indication of a field letter
its fascinating of the details in the different issues, where is this documented
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