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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 3254227, member: 80804&quot;]The break-points of the legends often can be another indicator, but the indices vary from mint-to-mint. The advice about looking it up in RIC is very sound and would be my first recommendation, although in a few cases, like the Siscia exergual mintmark, you may find coins which could be described precisely the same for both Constantine I and II, Augustus.</p><p>In that case, comparing your coin to those which have been dependably attributed to one or the other may allow you to make an educated guess based on style - particularly of the portrait.</p><p>This photo is meant to illustrate the fact that all these LRB&#039;s, pretty much universally up to the time of the House of Valentinian, were originally &quot;silvered&quot; to indicate their official place in the silver series of denominations. Many folks may never see a fully-silvered centenionalis or majorina from the Constantinian era in decades of collecting.</p><p><img src="http://www.stoa.org/albums/album165/61_Constantine_I_GE2_ALE.sized.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album165/61_Constantine_I_GE2_ALE?full=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album165/61_Constantine_I_GE2_ALE?full=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album165/61_Constantine_I_GE2_ALE?full=1</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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