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Offline James H7

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Constans SBCV 1014 or 1025
« on: December 28, 2018, 07:22:11 am »
May I wish a Happy New Year to all.
I have this Constans II follis which is, I believe, either SBCV 1014 or SBCV 1025. Is there any way of telling which it is? Thanks in advance.
18x20mm
5.84g


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Offline byzcoincoll

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Re: Constans SBCV 1014 or 1025
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2018, 06:37:35 pm »
Uaually 1014 doesn't have an exergual line below the M. There seem to be remnants of a  :Greek_Theta_2: below. I think it is Sear 1025 (Constantinople Mint, 9th Indiction).
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Offline James H7

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Re: Constans SBCV 1014 or 1025
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2018, 01:23:09 pm »
Thank you for that. I'd assumed the squiggle in the exergue to be an epsilon, but rereading the Sear 1025 entry, it is, or is meant to be, a  :Greek_Theta_2: You say Constantinople, but in Sear it is classed under the Thessaloniki mint. Would the  :Greek_Theta_2: be an indication of that?
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Re: Constans SBCV 1014 or 1025
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2018, 06:18:07 pm »
Sear is assuming Thessaloniki but adds a questionmark in brackets. I believe that there is strong evidence as of now, that the  :Greek_Theta_2: is denoting the indiction, because I remember having seen at least one specimen with an I (10th indiction) instead. Unfortunately I can't find a photo. Thus, I am sure that Sear 1022 -1025 belong to Constantinople as previously placed in MIB. However, Hahn believes that the  :Greek_Theta_2: is a signature for a special Constantinopolitanian emission.
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Re: Constans SBCV 1014 or 1025
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2019, 10:14:10 am »
Thank you for the explanation. What a lot there is to learn!  :)

Happy New Year.
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