Found this one my desk today, another falling horseman coin It is double struck, but in nice condition. Im now 13/15 officina for the mint too. Constantius II Antioch, AE 2 5,00 g. 24 mm. DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, horseman standing left, spearing a fallen horseman who is bearded, hair in braids, clutching the horse's neck. Γ in left field. Mintmark ANI. RIC VIII Antioch 135 Feel free to share and Falling Horseman, or double struck coins.
How do we just happen to find these things on our desks? Despite the double strike, this is a wonderful coin. I’m not familiar with collecting by officina... Are any officina rarer than others? Do you notice any subtle stylistic differences between officina at the same mint?
Ever heard of the magic school bus? Yea... magic desk... it's a thing. Amazing coin by the way! Thanks, Jacob
All I find on my desk are invoices and mail from the tax man, and sometimes I do find coins in my mail box Congrats with your 13th officina of the Antioch mint, Randy.
Very nice!! I often find this 'double strike' example of Victorinus on the floor---it has a nasty habit of slipping (escaping?) out of the flip IMP C VICTORINVS PF AVG radiate cuirassed bust right PROVIDENTIA AVG Providentia standing left, holding baton and cornucopiae. RIC 61
Thanks all Was at work when the mail came so who ever got it left it on my desk. I want to say that the teens are a bit harder to find, but then I see a lot show up at times. Officina 15 popped up a lot after I got mine. They do have style and quality differences. Alexandria is probably more noticeable than Antioch in difference though.
As lexical entries, officina = 1st declension feminine nominative singular 1st declension feminine nominative plural = officinae FWIW
You must study an issue more than I have this one before you know whether dies were engraved by the officinae or centrally for the officinae by a group of die cutters who just cut the letter on the die for the officina that needed a new die. It takes a lot more evidence to prove something than it doe to support a misleading theory. We offer theories which always allow the possibility of updating on receipt of more information. What were the circumstances that led to the creation of the reverse die below? The mintmark reads AN followed by a letter Z over H. Has anyone seen another 'overofficina' coin? What can we learn from a coin like this?
Here are several unattributed Fel Temps from the Bag o Romans...I have a bunch of coins complete and will eventually get back to posting them. For now, here are a few I haven't researched:
