Posted 08/14/2006 04:48 am
Very useful for 3rd to 5th century emprors. It uses Helvetica's RIC tables (http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff.htm).
If you are looking to identify a Fel Temp coin, you click on the "Fel temp" reverse picture under the relevant emperor (it also specifies which emperors are associated with the reverse types), and this brings up an excel spreadsheet. From there, you can filter your options to narrow down your search to a mere handful of possible coins, hopefully down to just one coin. For example, if you can read the obverse inscription, use the drop down filter to show only the types with that inscription. Next, you can filter by bust type, then mintmark etc.
This is probably the fastest method of attributing later coinage and unquestionably easier than going through your RIC volumes. If only this sort of format were available for the rest of the Roman Imperial coinage!
Peter
If you are looking to identify a Fel Temp coin, you click on the "Fel temp" reverse picture under the relevant emperor (it also specifies which emperors are associated with the reverse types), and this brings up an excel spreadsheet. From there, you can filter your options to narrow down your search to a mere handful of possible coins, hopefully down to just one coin. For example, if you can read the obverse inscription, use the drop down filter to show only the types with that inscription. Next, you can filter by bust type, then mintmark etc.
This is probably the fastest method of attributing later coinage and unquestionably easier than going through your RIC volumes. If only this sort of format were available for the rest of the Roman Imperial coinage!
Peter
