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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4870987, member: 75937"]Hat tip to [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] for <a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/Founding.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/Founding.html" rel="nofollow">this interesting bit of info</a> about the following coins: The CONSTANTINOPOLIS type comes spelled without the terminal "S" at four mints (Constantinople, Cyzicus, Heraclea, Nicomedia) located around the Propontus (Sea of Marmora, near Constantinople).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176232[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>According to John Kent (author of RIC, vol. VIII) this "reflects the fall of the terminal -s in the spoken language and provides an interesting hint as to how instructions reached the engravers." [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] writes, "I presume he means that he thinks those four mints received instructions from the same source, there was a oral stage in the transmission, and it was a regionally accepted pronunciation. The missing 'S' sound reminds me of modern French pronunciation."</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a little mini-set I have acquired, one from each of these four mints:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1178285[/ATTACH] </p><p>Heraclea, RIC vii p. 559, 135.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1178284[/ATTACH] </p><p>Constantinople, RIC vii p. 582, 79.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176241[/ATTACH]</p><p>Nicomedia, RIC vii p. 634, 196.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176242[/ATTACH]</p><p>Cyzicus, RIC vii p. 656, 93.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Let's see your CONSTANTINOPOLI(S) commemoratives! All mints and all reverse types encouraged! </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4870987, member: 75937"]Hat tip to [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] for [URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/CON/Founding.html']this interesting bit of info[/URL] about the following coins: The CONSTANTINOPOLIS type comes spelled without the terminal "S" at four mints (Constantinople, Cyzicus, Heraclea, Nicomedia) located around the Propontus (Sea of Marmora, near Constantinople). [ATTACH=full]1176232[/ATTACH] According to John Kent (author of RIC, vol. VIII) this "reflects the fall of the terminal -s in the spoken language and provides an interesting hint as to how instructions reached the engravers." [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] writes, "I presume he means that he thinks those four mints received instructions from the same source, there was a oral stage in the transmission, and it was a regionally accepted pronunciation. The missing 'S' sound reminds me of modern French pronunciation." Here's a little mini-set I have acquired, one from each of these four mints: [ATTACH=full]1178285[/ATTACH] Heraclea, RIC vii p. 559, 135. [ATTACH=full]1178284[/ATTACH] Constantinople, RIC vii p. 582, 79. [ATTACH=full]1176241[/ATTACH] Nicomedia, RIC vii p. 634, 196. [ATTACH=full]1176242[/ATTACH] Cyzicus, RIC vii p. 656, 93. [I]Let's see your CONSTANTINOPOLI(S) commemoratives! All mints and all reverse types encouraged! [/I][/QUOTE]
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