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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1663231, member: 19463&quot;]Amiens (Ambianum) mint was founded by Magnentius and was closed soon after Constantius II regained control of the city.&nbsp; &nbsp; All FH coins of this mint are AE2 size.&nbsp; While RIC rates our coin (RIC 48, page 124) as common, this will not be the easiest one to find should you try to duplicate the set.&nbsp; The mintmark used by its one and only workshop is AMB which is easy to confuse with the second officina of Antioch which used ANB.&nbsp; Some, but not all, Amiens coins have an A behind the bust making these easy to separate from Antioch shop B.&nbsp; The A indicates the high weight standard and is not a city mintmark.&nbsp; The plain ones will require you to pay attention to styles which, fortunately, are not terribly similar.&nbsp;&nbsp; Amiens portraits often have a heavy jowl look and three distinct bands at the back of the neck.&nbsp; Our example shows the common horseman reaching pose &#039;FH3&#039; with no clear hair detail on the barbarian.</p><p>from&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fh.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fh.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fh.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]245907.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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