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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2361532, member: 19463&quot;]Here I go being disagreeable again but:</p><p>Rome mint RIC 313 is the legend FEL TEMP REPARATIO around a large M with dots across its angles.&nbsp; It is shown on RIC vol VIII plate 11 and is noted in the text as being in two public collections (Copenhagen and Oxford).&nbsp; The plate coin is the Copenhagen specimen.&nbsp; I have not seen the photo of the Oxford (Ashmolean) example but assume it is lower grade or the British authors of RIC probably would have used it.&nbsp; I have never seen one offered for sale.&nbsp; It is very hard to search since 313 is a big year in Roman history so RIC 313 gathers bad hits.&nbsp; Adding words like Constantius and Rome and M do little either.&nbsp; When you uncleaned fanatics find one in your lot of crusties, let me know. </p><p><br /></p><p>In this case, I suspect that the M means the same thing as the M placed in the field of FH coins about that time by most mints.&nbsp; I do not know of a Rome mint M in field but I do have the one here (RIC 316) with an M following the R and before the officina letter in the mintmark.&nbsp; One theory is that 1000 (M in Roman numerals) were valued at one solidus.&nbsp; Not everyone agrees with that but I&#039;m waiting for a better answer.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]481764[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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