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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 6446100, member: 31620&quot;][USER=26430]@Curtis[/USER] I think that your new coin is SMKA rather than SMKΓ. I will concur with the attribution to RIC VIII Cyzicus 92 since you have the coin in hand. Could there be the remnant of a dot in the exe before the mintmark? This would change it to RIC 96.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a couple from the same issue (RIC 92) and thought that thy were worthy of some comparison.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first being SMKB. The shield is quite plain with a center boss and ring of dots around the edge. My horseman is bare headed and bearded whereas your is wearing a Pannonian cap and appears beardless.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256134[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My second from the same issue is scrappier... and is SMKE</p><p><br /></p><p>Unusual shield decoration. Central boss surrounded by four small dots forming a square, additional dots at either end of the shield.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again my horseman is bare headed and bearded.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256135[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my RIC 96s</p><p><br /></p><p>Dot SMKA - Hat and beardless..... decorated shield with pellets either side of the central boss....</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256141[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Dot SMKB, Hat and beardless, plain shield.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256142[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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