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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 3735879, member: 82549"]Wildwinds will often show more that one example of a particular coin, and so will add a letter after the RIC (Roman Imperial Coinage) number. Some volumes of RIC also use letters in their numbering, but Volume VII, which describes this coin, does not. So 49, D is a Wildwinds number based on RIC, but not a RIC number.</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC lists three similar varieties of this coin, each with a different number. RIC 49 and RIC 50 both have an obverse inscription that begins with IMP. (RIC 50 also has Constantine holding a shield on the obverse; RIC 49 does not have this shield.) Also, neither 49 nor 50 have the "I" in the center of the column on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin has this I, the shield in the obverse portrait, and its obverse inscription is CONSTANT-INVS AVG. It is RIC 51. Hope this helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 3735879, member: 82549"]Wildwinds will often show more that one example of a particular coin, and so will add a letter after the RIC (Roman Imperial Coinage) number. Some volumes of RIC also use letters in their numbering, but Volume VII, which describes this coin, does not. So 49, D is a Wildwinds number based on RIC, but not a RIC number. RIC lists three similar varieties of this coin, each with a different number. RIC 49 and RIC 50 both have an obverse inscription that begins with IMP. (RIC 50 also has Constantine holding a shield on the obverse; RIC 49 does not have this shield.) Also, neither 49 nor 50 have the "I" in the center of the column on the reverse. Your coin has this I, the shield in the obverse portrait, and its obverse inscription is CONSTANT-INVS AVG. It is RIC 51. Hope this helps.[/QUOTE]
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