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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 1709386, member: 25357&quot;]John Anthony posted an ancient Roman coin with the ANT mintmark.&nbsp; This means the Licinius coin he posted was minted under the reign of Licinius Ceasar at the mint located in the City of Antioch, in what is modern day Syria.&nbsp; </p><p>US mintmarks are pretty straight forward:</p><p>P - Philadelphia</p><p>D - Denver</p><p>S - San Francisco</p><p>Whereas the mintmarks on Ancient Roman coins basically follow the same pattern, ie that the mintmark represents the city in which the coin was minted, the mintmarks on many ancient Roman coins are little more complex to decipher. First off there were many more cities in which coins were minted.&nbsp; Second, there were several different mint marks for the same city/mint.&nbsp; As an example, I&#039;ve listed just those Roman mints in cities beginning with the letter A below:</p><p>Alexandria in Egypt (Coin mint marks: A, AL, or ALE)&nbsp; </p><p>Ambianum in Gaul (Modern day Amiens in France; coin mint marks: AMB or AMBI)</p><p>&nbsp; Antioch in Syria (Of Biblical fame; see the Book of Acts. Coin mint marks: AN or ANT)</p><p>&nbsp; Aquileia (located in modern day Italy; coin mint marks: AQ or AQVIL)</p><p>&nbsp; Arelatum in Gaul (Modern day Arles in France; coin mint marks: AR or ARL)</p><p>&nbsp; Augusta Trevirorum/Treverorum (Modern day Trier in Germany; coin mint marks: TR or TRE)</p><p><br /></p><p>So you can tell the coin JA posted was minted in Antioch by the ANT mintmark located under the image of Jupiter on the reverse.&nbsp; &quot;in exergue&quot; means roughly located in relief generally under the main device on the reverse of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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