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trdhrdr007 Pillar of the Community United States 2335 Posts	Posted 09/26/2009 10:12 am I'm looking for any information on a coin that belongs to a friend of mine. I don't know anything about ancients & am hoping someone here could help out. I don't have a weight but it's approximately 13-14mm in diameter. This was a pretty hard coin to take pictures of. I'm pretty sure these are the best I can do, but I'll try to get better ones if needed. Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16867 Posts	Posted 09/26/2009 10:39 am The "veiled head" portrait on late Roman bronzes is pretty much confined to coins issued in Constantine I's name by his successors after he died. This particular type has on the reverse the emperor (or a veiled female figure; the artwork on these coins is so bad you can't tell the difference) seated, with "VN MR" to either side (short for veneranda memoria); examples of similar coins on Wildwinds are here and here. The mintmark in the exergue of the reverse of your coin appears to read "SMALB" - that would be second officina of the Antioch mint. I've always found it interesting that Constantine, the "first Christian emperor", was nevertheless deified in ancient pagan fashion after he died. 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
maridvnvm Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2100 Posts	Posted 09/30/2009 05:59 am I read SMANB for Antioch rather than SMALB in exe. Regards, Martin Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16867 Posts	Posted 09/30/2009 08:20 am I meant "SMANB"; I don't know where that "L" I typed came from; I guess I was looking at my Wildwinds links for too long. "SMALB" would be Alexandria mint. Sorry about that. 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
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