M

Molto (Italian coin grade equivalent to Good).

DICTIONARY OF ROMAN COINS

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M

M The twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet. A capital M appears on coins of Anastasius, Justinus I, Justinus II, Tiberius Constantinus, Mauricius, Phocas, Heraclius, and other Emperors of the East.
M Magister - EQ.M. Equitum Magister. Master of the Horse.
M Magna - I.S.M.R. Juno Sospita Magna Regina.
M Marci - M F Marci Filius. In like manner a M N Marci Nepos.
M or MA Marcia - AQVA M on a denarius of the Marcia family.
M or MA Marcus, a prenomen, frequently found on coins of Roman families, and likewise on those of the Imperial series, where we see IMP C M (or MA) AVREL ANTONINVS; on a coin of Caracalla.
M Martia - LEG XIIII GEMINA M V Legio XIIII Gemina Martia Victrix - This epigraph, with the legionary eagle between two standards, appears on a very rare silver coin of Sept. Severus, as edited in Khell 's Suppl. p 108.
M Mater - M C Mater Caesaris; or Mater Castrorum. M PATR Mater Patriae.
M Maxima - VICTORIA G M Germanica Maxima, on a coin of Gallienus, in Khell 's Suppl. p 184.
M Metropolis. COL SEP AVR LAOD M - Colonia Septimia Aurelia Laodicea Metropolis.
M Moesiae - P M S COL VIM Provincia Moesiae Supoerioris Colonia Viminacium.
M Moneta - M SACRA AVGG ET CAESS NN Moneta Sacra Augustorum Et Caesarum Nostrorum.
M Municipium. M R - Municipium Ravennatum. - Vaillant, Pr. i. 300.
M at the end of Roman words was now and then formerly omitted; for example we find it wanting on denarii of the Aemilia family, as PRIVER CAPTV. It is also sometimes observed to be left out in the word AVGVSTORVM as VICTORIA AVGVSTORV.
M. as a numeral signifies Mille, a thousand.

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