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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1826923, member: 19463"]In this case the 'field mark' is the workshop letter so listings that follow RIC may not show all the possible choices (A, B, gamma).</p><p><br /></p><p>A tip: the letter A often was drawn more like we would H with the open top. In this case the OP saw K but there is a clue on the coin. The word ROMANI has an open top A so we might know to expect that same style in the mintmark. Unfortunately, there are coins where I believe the mintmark was cut by a different person than the rest of the legend. We need to realize that the Romans and Greeks of the day did not follow all our penmanship rules and be open to things like HIII being AN etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1826923, member: 19463"]In this case the 'field mark' is the workshop letter so listings that follow RIC may not show all the possible choices (A, B, gamma). A tip: the letter A often was drawn more like we would H with the open top. In this case the OP saw K but there is a clue on the coin. The word ROMANI has an open top A so we might know to expect that same style in the mintmark. Unfortunately, there are coins where I believe the mintmark was cut by a different person than the rest of the legend. We need to realize that the Romans and Greeks of the day did not follow all our penmanship rules and be open to things like HIII being AN etc.[/QUOTE]
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