Thank you very much Doug. I have
had another look at my coin using a loupe and I agree that it is more likely a B than an A and I have changed my
attribution accordingly.
I was only being "pedantic" because of the
head to
head contest rules. If I
had strictly adhered to the rules XLi's coin would have been up against every
Constantius II coin in the
gallery because
his only
attribution was "
Constantius II". However, I do have eyes
and it is a nice coin that deserves to be in the
gallery. That said,
members have to add some sort of
attribution (it doesn't have to be
RIC) because I am personally ignorant of the cultures to which many of them belong and without it some coins would look very similar to me. For example, for the purposes of the "
Head to
head" contests a different
officina letter in two late
Roman bronzes would not be considered a difference if they both
had the same
attribution (
RIC) number, however, a different
monogram letter on a Greek Achaean League
Hemidrachm would constitute differing coins.
In any case, the purpose of the BOT is not about the
head to heads, they are only a fun way that was introduced to eliminate duplicates.
Thanks again for your reply.
*Alex.