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FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3434 Posts	Posted 05/20/2026 3:34 pm Rummaging about I found this one tucked away in one of my cabinets Looks to be the style of Heraclea but the mint mark is quite difficult to read ! Looks much like a T But I'm thinking it must actually be a Γ Hence HT Γ ? Heraclea 3rd Officina ? Constantine I Billon Follis GENIO POPVLI ROMANI 9.47 grams 26-27mm Report this Post to the Staff

Victor Pillar of the Community United States 905 Posts	Posted 05/20/2026 3:48 pm It's from Antioch. This issue is well attested though it was mistakenly left out of RIC. This type was even noted by Voetter years before RIC was published. see King and Spaer, "A Hoard of Coins from Northern Sinai," NC 1977, 4000-4009. here is my example Constantine I A.D. 306 26x27mm 9.2gm FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES; laureate head right. GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, right holding patera, left cornucopiae; in right field I. In ex. ANT dot over dot RIC VI Antioch -- Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187914 Posts	Posted 05/20/2026 3:49 pm Excellent! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3434 Posts	Posted 05/20/2026 4:14 pm Excellent I thank you ! It surely did look like a T But all my answers pointed at gamma ! Fortunately I still have a Heraclea in my cabinet ... 12.41 grams 28-29mm AD 306-7 Sear 15533 Report this Post to the Staff
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