the doors are opening outwards.
This type was minted for all the members of the Tetrarchy-- Diocletian, Maximianus, Constantius I and Galerius.
I confess to many copy and paste errors.
You have Cyzicus and Antioch in your description, your coin is from Cyzicus. RIC actually uses the word emperor to describe who is receiving the...
Your mint mark is in the exergue, the bit that includes the SIS part, for Siscia. HR is a control mark.
this ligature is the two letters H and R joined together as a single glyph. [ATTACH]
Steve, you may have to search a while for another example, as it is not in RIC and is actually pretty rare.
the reverse definitely has two victories, as angels are not depicted yet. However, years later, victories eventually did transform into angels....
A and Z have been doing this for years. "A" is pretty well known for his artificial patination. On a side note, there was an article in National...
My grandfather James "Pete" Clark who served during W.W. II in the USAF in the 758th Bomb Squadron, 459th Bomb Group (they flew B-24 Liberators)....
probably decorative, but they may represent something like metal studs and sometimes you see things that might be door handles.
Arles campgates can be frequently found with 12 layers [ATTACH] [ATTACH] the doors from Arles campgates also have a great deal of variety...
It's definitely a dot, being used as a control mark. Dots appear frequently in many different places. A few examples...the Thessalonica campgate...
[ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 326- 327 CONSTAN-TINVS AVG; laureate head right. PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG; camp gate, two turrets, no doors, star above;...
Your mintmark is actually palm branch ASISC, which means it is RIC IX Siscia 7b. Here is a good site for I.D.ing many LRB's....
a lot of hoards during this period seem to be due to monetary reforms
the Wildwinds coin for RIC 142 has a legend of IMP AVRELIANVS AVG despite the error in the description...the same legend as H8_modern's...
Your reverse legend is ROMAE AETER. Both short and long (AETERNAE) legends are lumped together as RIC 142.
Traditionally it starts in A.D. 294, with the reform of Diocletian. I don't like this date, though, as it means some coins of the Tetrarchy are...
There is another coin with the same reverse, but different legend- ALAMANNIA DEVICTA. It commemorates the victories on the Rhine of Crispus and...
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