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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1345956, member: 19463&quot;]Cryptic message?&nbsp; How is this?&nbsp; The mintmark on this common reverse of a common Caesar is what is special.&nbsp; It is found on two reverses for all of the active rulers at that time from the Rome mint.&nbsp; This is the Vota in wreath type.&nbsp; The other type, like the Commodus, is Romae Aeternae.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have it in Constantine II but here is my Constantine I:</p><p>[ATTACH]155495.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Reading the mintmark:&nbsp; R is for Rome (Roma)&nbsp; followed by a ligature of Greek letters EPWC or Eros the Greek word for love.&nbsp; What is Latin for love?&nbsp; Amor.&nbsp; If you spell Amor backwards you get Roma.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is the strangest mintmark I know.&nbsp; Following the ligature is a workshop letter completely illegible on the coin I got from Randy and half off (possibly S?) on the Constantine I.&nbsp; Neither of these are very nice examples but fully legible and high grade examples sell well when they come up.&nbsp; I lost a really nice one that went over $200 once.&nbsp; See RIC Volume VII pages 317-320.&nbsp; If you get one trade me.&nbsp; I have more Commodus denarii.&nbsp; :yes:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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