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Author Topic: When did Romans stop using "S C" on coins?  (Read 555 times)

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Offline Adrian H

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When did Romans stop using "S C" on coins?
« on: June 15, 2022, 11:28:49 pm »
I bought my first batch of uncleaned coins recently. On one large coin, I've revealed *N*TONAVG on the obverse.. From what I can tell, this makes it a coin of Caracalla. On the reverse is a robed female figure holding some sort of staff vertically flanked by the letters SC. No catalogs have a Caracalla coin with an SC on the back. Am I missing something? When did the Romans stop stamping SC on their coins?
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Re: When did Romans stop using "S C" on coins?
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2022, 01:52:49 am »
No catalogs have a Caracalla coin with an SC on the back. Am I missing something?

You find several coins of Caracalla with SC on reverse in OCRE, eg: http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.crl.511A

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Re: When did Romans stop using "S C" on coins?
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2022, 02:08:29 am »
Oh, thank you. I think I had been using the obv/reverse text string search incorrectly.
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Re: When did Romans stop using "S C" on coins?
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2022, 03:14:50 am »

ps. SC fades out of bronze coins between Gallienus and Aurelian.

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Re: When did Romans stop using "S C" on coins?
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2022, 10:02:32 am »
for a brief period, the Ostrogoths allowed the Roman senate to strike coins again.

Athalaric. A.D. 526- 534 Æ Decanummium (18mm 2.1gm) Rome mint. INVICTA ROMA, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Roma right. D N ATHALRICVS S-C, Athalaric in military attire, standing right and holding spear, X (mark of value) in field. COI 85; MIB 77; MEC 132.
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Re: When did Romans stop using "S C" on coins?
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2022, 08:22:15 am »
Is that Athalaric yours Victor??

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