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Thanks 'echizento' but may need a new picture with good contrast setting to be sure. Anyhow there seems to be an N at 01:30 and the ones around could read "...IANVSPFAV...", so most likely Valentinian II. Postscript at: Quote:
Maybe I should come out of retirement Better not, if you field at square leg England might have a chance.  Btw, when you apply for Australian citizenship you are told that the Barmy Army is enemy number one and that sledging is compulsory.  Edited by Medieval
02/14/2015 8:53 pm
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I could be wrong but I don't know of or can find any examples either in AE3 or AE4 of Valentinian II having the Cross in the circle.
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I blew up your obverse pic. Clearly an "N" at 1 o'clock which makes Valentinian II the only possibility. DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG  |
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I tried,   That's about as good as I am going to get unfortunately, maybe natural will improve it slightly but that will have to wait till later. Thanks for your efforts so far Echizento, the longer I stare at it through the loupe the more I see IANUS from 12-2. Still not sure though. |
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Seems even the start of the legend might be legible. Do you have a multi-function printer. Scanning can provide very good pictures - on some scan I could read characters which I couldn't detect with a loupe.
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BiancasDad  My lack of skills on the pc are hilarious, picture taking is no better. |
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With the N in the legend that would make it Valentinian II.
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good job BD, I wouldn't have figured it out.
that little cross in a circle on the reverse is cool, I haven't seen one of those.
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Where would you rate it Echizento ?
Scarce or Rare ?
Its nice to have a couple of rarer types in my collection already.
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Would have to come up with a RIC number, but I would call it uncommon at least.
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Nicodemia RIC IX 45a rated scarce, however the only examples I can find so far have just the chi-rho without the circle (same RIC # either way). I would imagine w/circle might be a bit harder to find
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That's the same problem I had attributing it to Val II. On the other hand Arcadius did use a legend while not common of DN ARCAIANVS PF AVG on some coins.
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Its Getting late so bedtime after this and I will try again when I rise. The thing that has me a little confused is that the " chi rho " in the left field wasn't minted in Nicodemia according to the " Tessorillo " chart, but the one listed on Wildwinds i.e Ric ix 45a is a " chi rho " from Nicodemia. Maybe its because I'm tired  Thanks everyone for your efforts so far. Bedtime  |
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The mintmark looks pretty much like SM with the next letter not clear, perhaps a close up of that area could help.
But anyhow: Good Night.
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Cracked it  I have found a matching example on FAC, I had to go into the valentinian II sold list to find it. RIC IX Nicomedia 45(a)5 according to the 1 on the site. Both Biancasdad and Echizento were basically on the money. Thanks for your efforts folks |
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