Tiny Find

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by 7Calbrey, Feb 2, 2018.

  1. 7Calbrey

    7Calbrey Well-Known Member

    Just found this tiny bronze of Constantius II in my old boxes. It measures only 13 mm. and weighs 1.6 g. Reverse reads within a wreath VOT XX MVLT XXX. In exergue one can read SMANI. It's supposed to have been struck in Antioch. I searched a lot but could not find an attribution. I managed to scan at double size and maximum resolution. Hope someone can tell a more precise attribution. Cost2Vot  O.jpg CstVot600  R.jpg
     
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  3. ValiantKnight

    ValiantKnight Well-Known Member

    http://romancoin.info

    There's an excel spreadsheet for the VOT coinage, among many other types. You can filter by emperor, mintmark, bust type, etc.
     
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  4. roman99

    roman99 Well-Known Member

    According to Wildwinds, Looks to be :
    Constantius II, Antioch. 347-348 AD

    Obv: DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG, pearl diademed head right
    Rev: VOT XX MVLT XXX within wreath
    Mintmark: SMAN Delta I

    RIC VIII Antioch 113, rated C4
     
  5. 7Calbrey

    7Calbrey Well-Known Member

    Thanks R99.. I don't know, but it appears that my coin has no Delta, just"I".SMANI.
     
  6. roman99

    roman99 Well-Known Member

    Sorry, the info doesn't match the image attached on wildwinds. For Constantius II, other varieties could be SMANT, SMANA, and SMANB, but no SMANI reference that I could find.
     
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  7. gsimonel

    gsimonel Well-Known Member

    It is indeed RIC 113. There were 15 different officina in Antioch at that time, and your coin was struck in all 15, so RIC 113 includes everything from SMANA through SMANEI
     
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  8. 7Calbrey

    7Calbrey Well-Known Member

    I see well. I also think that one officinae could be scarcer than another. Moreover some people seek to collect all the officina of RIC 113 or another set.
     
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