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Constantine I - VIRTVS EXERCIT
« on: February 18, 2014, 04:02:20 PM »
After a couple of years looking for a fully silvered, well struck and  cheap example of this type...i finally goto it!  8)


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Re: Constantine I - VIRTVS EXERCIT
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2014, 05:22:00 PM »
That's a nice example. I currently have two silvered ones, one from Thessalonica and one from Ticinum.

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Re: Constantine I - VIRTVS EXERCIT
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2014, 01:47:07 PM »
is there an epsilon in exergue? it looks lika a digamma.

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« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2014, 02:04:54 PM »
is there an epsilon in exergue? it looks lika a digamma.

The first coin has a mintmark of  dot TS dot Γ dot, there is a blob over the S that makes it unclear.

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« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2014, 02:19:35 PM »
And on my coin?

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« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2014, 02:25:22 PM »
Your coin is either dot TS dot gamma or maybe epsilon, I am not really sure, but believe it to be gamma; but it is not digamma because these were only issued from five officinae.

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Re: Constantine I - VIRTVS EXERCIT
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2014, 06:54:04 AM »
Thanks Victor.
I would say epsilon but you are probably right... it's a gamma.