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Offline palves

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Two (?) Victory walking left
« on: December 23, 2021, 12:51:15 pm »
A bit puzzled with this one,

DN FL CONSTANS AVG, laurel and rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
Two victory walking left holding wreath??
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1.48g

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Re: Two (?) Victory walking left
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2021, 10:25:23 am »
Very nice coin.  Can't tell which of the two mint marks yours is - perhaps the RP (RIC-73). 

I had to check carefully whether or not it is an obverse die match to my two.  It is not, but it is absolutely by the same hand. 

In any event a rare variety, struck in Rome, likely only for Constans, in mid-341.

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Re: Two (?) Victory walking left
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2021, 06:11:39 am »
Very nice coin.  Can't tell which of the two mint marks yours is - perhaps the RP (RIC-73). 

I had to check carefully whether or not it is an obverse die match to my two.  It is not, but it is absolutely by the same hand. 

In any event a rare variety, struck in Rome, likely only for Constans, in mid-341.

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Thank you!.
I tried to take better pictures, but still not perfect.

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Re: Two (?) Victory walking left
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2021, 09:00:46 am »
The way to tell the two issues apart is the spacing between the main letters.

In RP (which could also be RS etc) the letters are right next to each other.

In R :crescentdot: P (which could also use S etc) the letters are set well apart with, in my experience, a very small  :crescentdot: between them.

Yours may be the second, hard to tell from the photo.

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