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Does anyone recognize the symbol in the right field of this Licinius Follis?  |
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I never seen that symbol before. I went and looked at the Greek alphabet and found something similar, but not a match.  The third Sigma letter is close. Although, I'm not sure that letter existed back then. Edited by Gil-galad
07/07/2012 1:40 pm
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I thought it might be a Sigma, but just wasn't certain. It makes sense since Siscia struck coins with Sigma in the right field. This is a nicely struck Genio Avgvsti, but it looks like the beginnings of BD in the mintmark.
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That is an odd one. I haven't been able to find anything that matches.
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This is a stigma or the Greek numeral for 6 that replaced digamma in the later period. I have one just like this on a coin of Philip I but by the time of Licinius they tend to be like an S with a weaker bottom half. This is unusual and worth buying IMHO.
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Possibly RIC 207b page 480 Volume VI rated Common (but you need to see the obverse to be sure).
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07/07/2012 5:33 pm
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Well, thanks for all the help, but I was out-sniped in the bidding on this coin. A very last second bid came in that pushed it past my bid. I owuld have loved to add this to my collection, ahh, but that is the way of it, eh? Anyway, here is the obverse of the the Licinius Follis:  |
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about $80? Surprisingly, no. Much, much lower. I kept following the bidding action and at the last few seconds put in another bid, but with time running out, someone snipped a bid of $21.50. What a deal. I was willing to go much higher, but time ran out before I could put in another bid. I should have bid high in the first place, but noooo, I had to try to get a deal. I'm kicking myself all over. Edited by Bing
07/07/2012 6:18 pm
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BTW, welcome to Masis and I appreciate the reply. I guess you read where I lost out on a good deal on this coin. Darn, I'm mad at myself. Anyway, I wanted to make sure you know I am grateful for the input and that you are welcome here.  Edited by Bing
07/07/2012 6:17 pm
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masis! that was a nice lookin' coin jw, to bad. speaking of loosing on ebay, did anyone else bid on any of these coins on ebay a few days ago?  the "obulco as" coin? there were a couple and some other interesting coins form the same seller. it was two days before payday for me or I would have bid hard on that coin ( could only do about 39 bucks with shipping.. went for 46...should have broke credit card maybe), very cool coin...hadn't seen anything like it. |
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