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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am thinking that my Gratian is this coin. Mine is exactly 13mm like it should be, and I think I can see everything on mine that this one has. http://wildwinds.com/coins/sear/s4146.htmlI have been letting it soak for 7hours and it looks like this now.   I have not scraped on it yet. I was wondering if you can over soak a coin. Thanks for looking and helping. Hope I IDed it right. I am trying to learn. I got Sear Roman Coins and their Values 4th edition today in the mail, so I am sure that will help. Is this a pretty common coin? Sorry about the lacking pictures. I am not used to photographing such small coins. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I think you are right, or very close. I think I see SMKA on the reverse, but hard to tell.
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 United States
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
629 Posts |
Equizento is right...
Sacra Moneta Kizicvs officina Quarta
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
836 Posts |
Echizento and/or Athalbert. Can you explain what that means? Is that the mint?
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
629 Posts |
Yes, the city of Cizycus (actual Sisak, Croatia), the officina was the branch of the mint were the coin was struck
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Pillar of the Community
United States
836 Posts |
So did I identify it correctly?
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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it is the city of Cyzicus in Turkey . Sisak was named Siscia , on coins : SIS , SISC,SISCPS .... Cyzicus on coins is CVZ , CVZIC,CUZICEN,SMK...albert
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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You are right Antwerpen; I donīt know what I was thinking on...
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Valued Member
United States
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Actually Cyzicus is Erdek, Turkey. Sisak is Sicia ;-)
This particular coin is ERIC II 608, RIC IX 22(a).1 dating to 378-383 AD and somewhat scarce at only 15 listed in Coinvac. By the way that's an A, not a delta, with only officina A and B noted for this issue.
Ras
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ras, thanks for that info. Seems like a pretty decent coin then. What would a coin like this be worth, just out of curiosity? I don't plan on selling these, but curious on if I earned my moneys worth with my fines.
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United States
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Hi Ras, when is ERIC III coming out?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
836 Posts |
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Hi Ras, when is ERIC III coming out? This may sound dumb, but what is ERIC, I am pretty sure it is a book. I know about RIC(Roman Imperial Coinage) being a 10 volume set of books, and some are updated. Is ERIC the updated ones? |
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Valued Member
United States
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That little Gratian isn't worth much. Maybe $15 on ebay? ERIC III is my fulltime job but I don't expect to see it go to print before 2020. It's just too much work. I have been publishing some of the draft chapters as standalone ebooks on http://www.dirtyoldbooks.com/CC/index.html (the S. Alexander one is free to download). To follow progress bookmark http://dirtyoldbooks.com/eric3/I'm about halfway through the section on Caracalla at the moment so if anyone has any questions let me know! Ras |
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