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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3997629, member: 44316"]That is from the same issue as the coin in the original post, which had a Constantine reverse of officina P with a Constantine II obverse that should not have been used at that officina. Normally it is assumed the obverse dies were in anvils that belonged to a particular officina. In this case Constantine obverses were at officinae P and S (prima, secunda). It seems that the Arles at that time did not always keep track of which reverses should go where. Your third-officina-die (T = tertia) went to P or S instead. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of the OP coin, coins of Constantine II were struck at officina Q (quarta), but it somehow got a reverse that should have gone to P for Constantine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3997629, member: 44316"]That is from the same issue as the coin in the original post, which had a Constantine reverse of officina P with a Constantine II obverse that should not have been used at that officina. Normally it is assumed the obverse dies were in anvils that belonged to a particular officina. In this case Constantine obverses were at officinae P and S (prima, secunda). It seems that the Arles at that time did not always keep track of which reverses should go where. Your third-officina-die (T = tertia) went to P or S instead. In the case of the OP coin, coins of Constantine II were struck at officina Q (quarta), but it somehow got a reverse that should have gone to P for Constantine.[/QUOTE]
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