Thank you Seth, and I will take into account your impression. These issues were generally undersized with only a partial
obverse reading.
LRBC writes...."in the one
standard issue the legends and busts are frequently changed instead of a change in the
mintmarks." So, the
portrait does have a bearing, as with the
legend. Also, at the time of Constantine's death, a very fluid situation developed. So, let me examine and do the necessary "operations" to see if I can determine the 2 letters after Constantinvs. It may not be possible and if not, I'll likely attribute the coin to
Constantine the Great,
his last issue of
Heraclea. I did a quick
search for other one
standard issue examples, a couple came up, that did not
help the topic. But as the coin below show, the more "normal
style"
bust that displayed for Constantine Sr. and of much better
style as Shawn pointed out.