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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3600735, member: 88829&quot;]Really nice example, [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER].&nbsp; Officina epsilon from the Rome mint, with Constantius wearing a rosette diadem.&nbsp; It always seems odd to me that for the six officinae at Rome when these were produced 348-350, the first, third, and fourth used the initials for Roman cardinals (P, T, Q) .&nbsp; The second, fifth, and sixth used Greek numerals (Beta, Epsilon, Zeta ~ final Sigma).&nbsp; Not sure what that was about.&nbsp; This type for the second series is only known for the first, third, and fifth officinae.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here&#039;s one I picked up from CNG in 2016; RIC VIII 153, officina P (rima) wearing a pearl diadem.&nbsp; Between us we&#039;ve got them covered for the second series (Obverse N behind bust, reverse N left,plain exergue).&nbsp; We&#039;ll keep an eye out for the later series with the dot between the exergual letters.&nbsp; That later series is only known from 3 officinae, but the last is shifted from Epsilon to Quarta.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]963464[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I like yours better.&nbsp; Rosette&#039;s are jazzier than pearls.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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