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G:   H:   I:   [It is possible H&I are the same denomination / coin?] |
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P:   Q:   R:   In poking around this and other forums last night, I did randomly find an image similar to R, and it is possible that this is a Constantine II as Caesar /Jupiter with victory on a globe? The instance I found that looks similar is https://nobleromancoins.com/product...ucts_id=2297But there were a few discrepancies, in particular on the Jupiter depiction below the dot on the right side, the character there seems different between the two. Another mint? A different issue? I dunno. |
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There you are.
I greatly appreciate any info and insights you share. I believe that the various conditions of some vice others (the last three in particular) are due to the totality of the coins coming from different parts of the Sinjar region (so, possibly from different spots, depths, conditions, etc.)?
I gracefully accepted the gift, but didn't ask the gentleman specifics, or get more about them, other than he told me that they came from Sinjar and he wanted me to have them, since I always showed interest in both the Iraqi / Arab and Yazidi cultures. He gave them to me because he felt I would appreciate them and remember my time in Iraq with his son fondly since I had treated his son very well as my interpreter. He was some form of councilman, or elder/representative in the town of Sinjar. They may have been his personally, or from some private collection of friends of farmers. I honestly don't know.
I just know that despite everything that occurred there, I do appreciate them and I do look back on the friendships that I made with many Yazidis, and hope that they are all still doing well today. Any info on these I can at least collate and print out to store with them so that I always know their histories.
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R is Crispus Caesar. The obverse legend is D N FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES = Dominus Noster Flavius Iulius Crispus Nobilissimus Caesar = Our Lord Flavius Julius Crispus Most Noble Caesar. The mint is Nicomedia (modern Izmit in Turkey, SMN below reverse = Sacra Moneta Nicomedia). The letter S (actually Greek letter stigma) in the right field means the coin was produced in the 6th officina or workshop at Nicomedia. RIC (the standard reference for Roman Imperial coins) dates this issue between 317 and 320, Vol. VII, p. 604, #32. The reverse legend is PROVIDENTIAE CAESS meaning something like "to the providence of the [two] Caesars".
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Wow. Thank you, both. Seriously.
This is a lot of into to take in - I appreciate it.
Looking more thoroughly over your info, Bob L, I think that is is possible #2 and E are both possibly the same? The spear tip seems much more noticeable on coin E.
I also noted the centaur as you pointed out, and it definitely looks like the Roman Provincial you linked to, particularly with what to me looked liked a face on the left hand side. Good find!
Coin L - obviously with the "SC" Google quickly tells me it is most likely Roman (Senatus Consulto) but that not just Roman coins contained that.
Coin M - the left-facing profile sort of throws me. Also not sure what the figure is on other side - someone holding a staff, rod, and wearing a helmet?
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