Hi I am new to the forum and collecting older coins. I recently discovered the Helvetica excel spreadsheets (wow!!!) I can use the sheets to id common LRB's. However, one of the bronze coins I have I cannot find any examples to compare against mine to confirm what I am reading from the spreadsheet. This is the information from the campgate in question: Ruler: Constantius II Obv. Leg : FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C Bust type : LDC left Rev. Leg : PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS Turrets : 2 Layers: 7 Star: yes. Doors : no (SF) either side of campgate. Mintmark: TCONST City: Arles Ref. from excel sheet: RIC VII Arles 320; Sear 17626. Can anyone find or have an image of this coin so I can compare against mine. This type is R5 but I managed to find similar R5 rated coins online for comparrisson relatively easily but this one is proving difficult. Thanks.
Here’s one! https://www.nummus-bible-database.com/monnaie-54725.htm Others of the same RIC #: https://www.nummus-bible-database.c...s=&nombreResultats=10&btRechercher=Rechercher This site is a great resource for LBRs. https://www.nummus-bible-database.com/
Seems to be pretty rare for the TCONST mint mark... I’m finding lots from the fourth officina QCONST but only this one from the third (TCONST).
It’s great because it captures coins that sites like acsearch are missing. Acsearch is a database of auction listings and the results of those sales. The problem is that many types of common late Roman bronze are missing because their values are low enough, many action houses won’t waste time on them as single lots... so they are poorly represented. This site focuses specifically on those coins that are mostly ignored by many auctions... you just have to fumble through guessing French pull-down menus and translating text.
Right. Tertia was mainly dedicated to his brother, while he got first dibs on officina Quattor. Nice catch!