Late Roman Bronze Coins

Coin talk => Late Roman Bronze coins => Topic started by: Victor on April 13, 2022, 11:45:54 AM

Title: I like misidentified coins
Post by: Victor on April 13, 2022, 11:45:54 AM

like this--

Title: Re: I like misidentified coins
Post by: Joshmaggosh on April 15, 2022, 11:53:08 PM

Looks to be Cyzicus rather than Nicomedia. Is there anything else I’m missing?

Title: Re: I like misidentified coins
Post by: Victor on April 16, 2022, 01:07:09 PM

Yes, it is Nicomedia and it is the "eyes to Heaven" bust.

Title: Re: I like misidentified coins
Post by: Joshmaggosh on April 19, 2022, 01:30:40 AM

Ah, eyes to heaven bust, I see it now. Mint mark looks to me to be SMKB dot which would make it Cyzicus rather than Nicomedia. It’s hard to tell from the photo though, so hard to tell. Nice coin, I don’t have an eyes to heaven campgate.

Edit - From Helvetica's spreadsheets:
Constantine I   
CONSTAN-TINVS AVG   
Bust: DU (plain or ladder-shaped diademed (sometimes with dots in the sections) head only, looking upwards)   
PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG   
2 Turrets    
Layers: not stated   
Star above: yes   
Doors: no         
SMKB dot   
Mint: Cyzicus   
RIC VII Cyzicus 57; Sear 16265   R4   
328-329   
Note: downgraded from R5. For Vic Failmezgers example see http://www.ancients.info/gallery/data/502/medium/181Con571.jpg. Another sold on ebay by Lars Ramskold in Sept. 2008.   
On Wildwinds: yes

Title: Re: I like misidentified coins
Post by: Victor on April 19, 2022, 01:38:39 PM

Sorry for putting Nicomedia in my reply; I wasn't paying attention to what I was doing. It is of course from Cyzicus.