Need Help Attributing Coin I've Cleaned

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CaesarsSon New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 06/28/2012 6:24 pm this is the second coin I have cleaned. It appears to say Constantine but the markings make it hard to read. The mint mark looks like SIS, maybe Siscia. Any help recognizing this coin would be very appreciated! Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 06/28/2012 6:52 pm The coin is Constantine I and the mint mark is Siscia, but there is something before and after the SIS that I can't make out. So I'm not able to pin down the RIC number for you. Report this Post to the Staff
Bing Pillar of the Community United States 4253 Posts	Posted 06/28/2012 7:17 pm I think this is Constantine II. There is what appears to be a chi rho on the banner. If so, I believe this makes it a Constantine II. Looking at all the possible mintmarks from Siscia, it could be an A, B, Epsilon, Gamma preceeding SIS and it would seam that it should be a crescent following. But in any case, it would be RIC VII 85 for any one of them. All are listed as common. BTW, good job cleaning this coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Eng5858 Pillar of the Community United States 1316 Posts	Posted 06/28/2012 8:11 pm CaesarsSon, Nice job on the clean up. If I may ask were did you get these uncleaned coins...I've been cleaning some for 6mts... I think its fun cleaning them... Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 06/28/2012 8:33 pm Agree with JW. The coin is not entirely unlike this example on Wildwinds, though the mintmark isn't clear enough to pin down a precise variety. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
CaesarsSon New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 06/28/2012 8:41 pm Thanks for the help guys. Eng5858, I bought a batch of "premium" uncleaned coins from the Great American Coin company. I do not know how reputable they are but the batch of ten I bought all seem to be pretty good quality. Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4973 Posts	Posted 06/28/2012 10:15 pm jw nailed it I think, in the dirty pic the mint mark really looks like an ASIS, so probably... Constantine II CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS ASIS chi-rho on banner Siscia RIC VIII Siscia 85 337-348 AD nice job cleaning by the way ceasearsson! Edited by chrsmat71 06/28/2012 10:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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