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Offline clueless

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Valens SECVRITAS Siscia
« on: March 13, 2022, 07:27:25 am »
Dear Board,

I have here a SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE of Valens that I can't find in RIC.

It has a R in the left field and the mintmark is clearly ASISC not dot ASISC. That "thing" before ASISC in the picture isn't there when viewing the coin in hand with a strong light.

These coins are somewhat out of my field of interest, so I might be missing something. As such I'd be ready to label it as a variety of RIC 15.

Any suggestions or comments are appreciated !

diameter 19 mm

weight 2.4 g


Cheers,

Clueless


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Re: Valens SECVRITAS Siscia
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2022, 10:30:53 am »
The remains of the dot appear to be there, faintly, just under the S or SECVRITAS.

Given the worn state of the coin it is very likely that it is the dot ASISC version, perhaps with some clogging on the die.

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Re: Valens SECVRITAS Siscia
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2022, 11:07:36 am »
Thank you !

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Re: Valens SECVRITAS Siscia
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2022, 01:55:32 am »

Siscia LRBC II No. 1303 (AD 367-375) mintmark R/-//dot ASISC

variant without dot ( R/-//ASISC ) is not known

 

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