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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4901261, member: 85693&quot;]Still learning about LRBs, and have a long way to go. </p><p><br /></p><p>From a new unattributed eBay lot, I got this Constantine II (I think) AE from Cyzicus that I cannot figure out.&nbsp; It is fairly legible, but the elements are not coming together for me - mostly because of the headgear which appears to be a rosette-diadem.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never owned a rosette-diademed anything, so maybe I am wrong:</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:&nbsp; DN CONSTAN-TINVS P F AVG Head of Constantine II, rosette-diademed, right</p><p><br /></p><p>The closest I can come is for Constantius II (not Consta<b>n</b>tine II) - but I see the extra N in the obverse legend, so I think mine has to be Constantine II.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.8.cyz.17" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.8.cyz.17" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.8.cyz.17</a></p><p><br /></p><p>When searching Constantine II for reverse type in OCRE, I can&#039;t find a rosette-laureate:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=mint_facet%3A%22Cyzicus%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Constantine+II%22+AND+fulltext%3AGLOR-IA+AND+fulltext%3AP+F" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=mint_facet%3A%22Cyzicus%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Constantine+II%22+AND+fulltext%3AGLOR-IA+AND+fulltext%3AP+F" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=mint_facet:&quot;Cyzicus&quot;+AND+portrait_facet:&quot;Constantine+II&quot;+AND+fulltext:GLOR-IA+AND+fulltext:P+F</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1182629[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The mintmark is, I think, SMK(A?)Є</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1182630[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If that&#039;s not a rosette-laureate, what is it? </p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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