FL CONSTANTIS BEA C only used in Siscia?

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  1. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    As far as I can tell, the genitive case inscription for Constans, FL CONSTANTIS BEA C, was only used by the Siscia mint. Is this correct?

    If so, I can attribute this reduced centenionalis to the Siscia mint, even though the exergue is too weakly struck to see any mint mark at all.

    Post anything you deem relevant!

    Constans GLORIA EXERCITVS Siscia.jpg
    Constans, Caesar AD 333-337
    Roman billon reduced centenionalis, 1.21 g, 16.1 mm, 1h
    Siscia, AD 336
    Obv: FL CONSTANTIS BEA C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
    Rev: GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers standing facing each other, one standard between them; mint mark illegible
    Refs: RIC vii p. 458, 255; RCV 18370; LRBC I 757; Cohen 48
     
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  3. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Great coin @Roman Collector ! However, there is no way I can help! :)

    How about I show my SISCIA Mint coins:

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    RI Constantius Gallus Caesar 351-354 AE21 FEL TEMP REPARATIO soldier-spearing-fallen-horseman RIC 348 Siscia

    RI Vetranio 350 CE AE3 17mm Siscia mint Emp stdng hldg Standard and Spear.jpg
    RI Vetranio 350 CE AE3 17mm Siscia mint Emp stdng hldg Standard and Spear

    RI Severus II 306-307 CE AE18 Quarter Folles Siscia mint.jpg
    RI Severus II 306-307 CE AE18 Quarter Folles Siscia mint

    RI Valens AD 364-378 AE Red Follis Siscia Mint.jpg
    RI Valens AD 364-378 AE Red Follis Siscia Mint
     
  4. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    This is a job for Guido!
     
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  5. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    Yup, BEA C was only at Siscia. Could yours also be RIC VII Siscia 264?

    Mine, with two standards.
    Constans - Bea C 805.jpg
    CONSTANS
    AE4. 2.5g, 17.8mm. Siscia mint, AD 333-335. RIC VII Siscia 238 (R4). O: FL CONSTANTIS BEA C, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right. R: GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers holding spears & shields with two standards between them; •ΔSIS[•] in exergue.
     
  6. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    This is the type I always say should be required in collections of Latin teachers. There are few gentives on obverses but fewer 4th declension noun genitives. rw5980bb2341.jpg rw5990b02342lg.jpg rw5992bb2786.jpg
     
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  7. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

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