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Formerly jwharper
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Does anyone recognize the symbol in the right field of this Licinius Follis?
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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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. "We have destroyed three hundred and twenty thousand Goths, we have sunk two thousand ships. The rivers are covered over with their shields, all the banks are buried under their swords and their spears." - Historia Augusta Coin Photo Gallery - Roman Imperial GridAncient Coins: 116, Roman Emperors: 68, Roman Provincial: 4, Byzantine: 3, Islamic: 2, Judean: 5, Chinese: 5 Edited by Gil-galad
07/07/2012 1:40 pm
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Formerly jwharper
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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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United States
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That is an odd one. I haven't been able to find anything that matches.
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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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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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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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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United States
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Formerly jwharper
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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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Hello Jwarper, My first post here on this site.  The symbol looks likely to be the Greek letter Digamma. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digamma Aquired since December 2011: 98 Roman emperors, empresses and caesars in coin, 1012 in total and counting (& learning!). Some are currently for sale here http://www.ebay.com/sch/tavium_numi...trksid=p3692 |
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about $80?
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Formerly jwharper
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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.
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07/07/2012 6:18 pm
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Formerly jwharper
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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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Posted 07/07/2012 1:06 pm
