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Message:: [QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 3410155, member: 83956"]So I finally won a cody111111 auction on eBay. He seems to be a good seller, but this fact is no secret, which means his auction results can sometimes approximate retail. Fortunately for me, this was not the case with this auction win. This coin appears to be a garden-variety Constantine / Sol, which is probably why it only sold for about $21. But note the addition of the victory crowning Sol on the reverse, which renders this a somewhat scarce variation. These were struck only at Rome in about 316 A.D. Victor Clark suggests that this exceptional reverse alludes to Constantine’s comparatively recent victory over Licinius in their first Civil War. The reverse legend also adds “DN”—presumably naming Sol not only comitus/companion but also dominus noster, “our lord,” a designation typically reserved for the emperor on the obverse. But to cut to the chase, the flip that came with this coin states that the mintmark is RQ. But I’m seeing RP. I see a serif on the top left of the second letter, which makes it look more like a P to me. I’m thinking RIC VII 49, P I’d appreciate a second set of eyes from folks with some experience looking at those LRB mintmarks from Rome. Thanks. [ATTACH=full]905459[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]905460[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]