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 Posted 09/14/2011  1:31 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add jungliston1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello all, need help with IDing this coin. I cannot make out any of the words except the SMTSA. Thank you for the help.
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 Posted 09/14/2011  2:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add lazarus to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think it is CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS I had a few copies.

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ca...asp?zpg=7169
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 Posted 09/14/2011  2:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bing to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I do believe this is a City Commemorative AE3/4. 330-333 AD. CONSTANTINOPOLIS, crested, laureate helmeted bust of Constantinopolis left in imperial mantle & holding sceptre / Victory with open wings standing left, right foot on a vessel's prow holding sceptre & leaning on shield, SMTS Delta in ex. Yours has nice patina.

http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/city..._RIC_188.jpg

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 Posted 09/14/2011  10:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Doucet to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
lazarus and JW are correct.

Obv. reads CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS

Your coin was made in Thessalonica, probability in the 4th (delta) officina.

SMTS = Thessalonica
The delta sign is a small triangle that can look a lot like and A ( A would be the 1st officina)

There were five officinae operating at Thessalonica at the time when these coins were made but it seems that only the 4th (delta ) and fifth (epsilon) were minting these Constantinopolis types. Maybe others will eventually show up.

It's difficult to tell the difference between an A and the delta mark, they look very similar.

There were 13 cities minting these Victory on Prow types, some used both the A and the delta mark....!

Look up helvetica's Victory on Prow site and excel sheet for a great deal of information. Also the LRBC book.

Not many collectors are interested in them.

I've nearly got one from each officina now.

Nice example.
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