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Struggling With The Mint Mark On This Constantine I?

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Hello! A couple of days ago I bought a few Romans for a friend of mine who loves history, I bought him three from the same seller. I have ID'ed and attributed 2/3(a Crispus and a Constantius II.) however I'm struggling with ID'ing the mint mark on this Constantine I? It looks like MNE however I can't find any matches, Is anyone able to read it better than me?
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MNE
MN Epsilon in Danes spreadsheets.
#RIC VII Nicomedia 121
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You had it:

MN epsilon

RIC VII Nicomedia 121

Constantine I - Minted Nicomedia 325-326
CONSTAN-TINVS AVG
PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG
MN epsilon
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Martin beat me to it
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The easiest way to look these things up is to first check Dane's spreadsheet that Martin mentioned at: http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm

These spreadsheets have been an enormous help for me and others I believe.
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Thank you very much for the speedy responses very much appreciated.
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 Posted 12/07/2012  07:39 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bobbyhelmet to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yep, they are one of, if not the best tool around for us armchair warriors when it come to attributing 3rd and 4th century Romans. No pictures like Wildwinds but no errors
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The only problem with spreadsheets is you still have to be able to read the coins. In this case many people would have trouble with the M since Nicomedia tended to crowd the M to the point that the middle could be read N. Also many folks fail to realize that the MNE is a match for MNA, MNB etc. since those last letters are just workshop numbers in this case. That is where spreadsheets that list the shops are easier for beginners than using the actual catalogs (RIC) whose authors assumed users would understand that the MNA header included the other letters. While I agree spreadsheets are great tools I remain of the opinion that you are risking error any time you derive a catalog number without actually looking it up in the actual book that assigned those numbers. That is why I prefer saying that this coins is a Nicomedia, shop 5 rather than saying RIC 121 until I have looked at that particular reference to see if their is something lurking there that I should know. In this example, there is not but that is not always the case.
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