Another Falling Horseman post :)

I see D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG as well, but the mint mark looks like SMKΓ to me. So Cyzicus mint, I think.

 

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It does look like SMK! I looked at that mint mark for a long time and that's what I originally thought, but based off when I was looking at Tesorillo, I couldn't find the SMK in the mints for the falling horseman. Probably looking in the wrong place.

 

It looks like there's a star in the field at left. I can't tell whether there is a dot after the officina marking in the exergue, though. It doesn't look like it, but you'll have to check it in hand.

Here's the listing from RIC viii, p. 495. It's either 67 or 69, depending on whether it has a dot after the Γ:

 

I checked under the loupe and cannot see at dot after Γ.

 

RIC 67 it is.

 

Thanks all!

I'd guess western Europe but have nothing to back up the claim.
I do have this one copying Amiens

+1

I think it's Cyzikus 115, with "dot m dot" in the left field. Looks to small for 67. If I'm wrong and it's a star, then Cyzikus 113.

67

113

115

 

Oh no! Dont ignore me! I wont be able to live with myself if you do.

[edited], Dont be such a snowflake.

 

lol, first person in 10 years here I've used the ignore button on.

 

I think you got too much time on your hands. You actually think people on a message board are supposed to care about your feelings. Get out of the house more, and grow up a little.

 

This FTR I bought because I like all those little dots in the reverse.

Constantius II (337-361), AE3 Constantinopolis. Obv. Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. DN CONSTAN / TIVS P F AVG. Rev. Helmeted soldier to left, shield on arm, spearing fallen enemy; shield on ground at right. FEL TEMP R / EPARATIO/ CONSE. 17 mm, 2.71 gr.

 

In five years I've used it on four people-- twice in the last week or two. Usually it's only a matter of time until they rack up enough infractions to earn a ban.

The Ignore button can make this forum a more pleasant place .

 

Anyone who uses "snowflake" as a description for someone else is usually one themselves. If you don't like what someone else collects there is no need to be a jerk. Just don't comment. So far I haven't seen you add anything of substance to the thread.

 

Sorry, I keep forgetting to add the weight/diameter. I am used to moderns where a dime is a dime, nickel is a nickel, etc...I forget that ancients had the same design but on smaller/larger sized coins.
FWIW - My coin is ~dime sized. Perhaps a bit smaller.

 

Smaller than I realized. Then @randygeki is right.

 

RomanGreekCoin3. So you can get Constantinian coins for a song ? Shouldn't that be for a hymn ???

 

Some do, some don't. Some ancients are every bit as stabile as you might wish considering the lack of collar and modern technology. Falling horsemen are the big exception since inflation between 347 and 362 made the standard coin drop in size frequently. My horsemen range from 25mm to 15mm. The small ones are not smaller denominations but just recognition that 'a dollar isn't what it used to be'. Modern mints produce some coins that cost more to make than their face value and write 'One Dollar' and rounds that sell for many times that. I'm not sure the ancients were the ones with a strange view of coined money.

 

Except that other collectors here are supposed to care about your feelings that these types of coins are boring?

The irony and complete lack of self-awareness in that statement is just staggering...

 

Maybe you should put me on ignore with the rest of the primadonna - know it all crybabies on here . God forbid anyone has independant thought on here.
Geesh I though CFDL was a high school clique.

and if you dont want to be called a snowflake, dont act like one, sweetie pie

Some of you need real human interaction sometimes. You lack basic social skills. if you were around 50 years ago everyone around you would eat you alive.

 

I'm not offended. Just saying, you are being rude and there really isn't any need for it. Please attack me with more memes though if that's what helps you feel better about yourself.