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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4354137, member: 99456"]These are the questions that always get me asking - why? how do we know? ...</p><p><br /></p><p>J. Maurice, La Nmismatique Constantinienne. 3 vols. (Paris:Leroux, 1908-1912), xxxvi–xxxvii. Apparently has an opinion - but I could not find it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kent, J. (1957). THE PATTERN OF BRONZE COINAGE UNDER CONSTANTINE I. <i><a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/42663044" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/42663044" rel="nofollow">The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society</a>,</i> <i>17</i>, 16-77.</p><p>on page 74, Kent doesn't offer much:[ATTACH=full]1101659[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A later reference in this paper from <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/298841" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/298841" rel="nofollow">Sutherland</a> links it to this other code on coins from Lyon:</p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/47/2580/2660804.s.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(link to <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2660804" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2660804" rel="nofollow">ACSearch coin</a>)</p><p>Sutherland, C. (1961). Denarius and Sestertius in Diocletian's Coinage Reform. <i>The Journal of Roman Studies,</i> <i>51</i>, 94-97. doi:10.2307/298841</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1101645[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/11376005/_Simbolog%C3%ADa_y_poder_en_las_emisiones_de_bronce_constantinianas_Gaceta_Numism%C3%A1tica_No_168_2008_pp._15-44" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/11376005/_Simbolog%C3%ADa_y_poder_en_las_emisiones_de_bronce_constantinianas_Gaceta_Numism%C3%A1tica_No_168_2008_pp._15-44" rel="nofollow">This paper</a> by Maria del Mar Royo Martinez.</p><p>«Simbología y poder en las emisiones de bronce constantinianas», Gaceta Numismática, Nº 168 (2008), pp. 15-44.</p><p><br /></p><p>"The initials CMH at the end of this legend have been interpreted as follows: the first one (C) as a value mark, corresponding to the initial one hundred (sesterces) while the MH corresponds to the Greek number forty-eight, that in the opinion of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Moneda-propaganda-pol%C3%ADtica-Diocleciano-Constantino/dp/8483735016" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Moneda-propaganda-pol%C3%ADtica-Diocleciano-Constantino/dp/8483735016" rel="nofollow">JI San Vicente</a> would be related to the theoretical number of coins in a pound."</p><p><br /></p><p>A note from Victor Failmezger in Roman Bronze Coins From Paganism to Christianity, 294-364 AD[<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1932109412/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1932109412/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=" rel="nofollow">*</a>]</p><p>"The meaning of the CMH ligature, used at Nicomedia and Cyzicus, is uncertain but it may be a mark of value indicating 48 coins per pound of bronze." [<a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=85730q00.jpg&vpar=449&zpg=91739&fld=https://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=85730q00.jpg&vpar=449&zpg=91739&fld=https://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins2/" rel="nofollow">*</a>]</p><p><br /></p><p>Value of 100 (<b>C</b>-centum) sestertii struck at 48 to the pound (Greek <b>M</b> for 40, Greek letter <b>H</b> for 8)</p><p><br /></p><p>No clear source or good answers - maybe a few more places to look.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4354137, member: 99456"]These are the questions that always get me asking - why? how do we know? ... J. Maurice, La Nmismatique Constantinienne. 3 vols. (Paris:Leroux, 1908-1912), xxxvi–xxxvii. Apparently has an opinion - but I could not find it. Kent, J. (1957). THE PATTERN OF BRONZE COINAGE UNDER CONSTANTINE I. [I][URL='https://www.jstor.org/stable/42663044']The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society[/URL],[/I] [I]17[/I], 16-77. on page 74, Kent doesn't offer much:[ATTACH=full]1101659[/ATTACH] A later reference in this paper from [URL='https://www.jstor.org/stable/298841']Sutherland[/URL] links it to this other code on coins from Lyon: [IMG]https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/47/2580/2660804.s.jpg[/IMG] (link to [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2660804']ACSearch coin[/URL]) Sutherland, C. (1961). Denarius and Sestertius in Diocletian's Coinage Reform. [I]The Journal of Roman Studies,[/I] [I]51[/I], 94-97. doi:10.2307/298841 [ATTACH=full]1101645[/ATTACH] [URL='https://www.academia.edu/11376005/_Simbolog%C3%ADa_y_poder_en_las_emisiones_de_bronce_constantinianas_Gaceta_Numism%C3%A1tica_No_168_2008_pp._15-44']This paper[/URL] by Maria del Mar Royo Martinez. «Simbología y poder en las emisiones de bronce constantinianas», Gaceta Numismática, Nº 168 (2008), pp. 15-44. "The initials CMH at the end of this legend have been interpreted as follows: the first one (C) as a value mark, corresponding to the initial one hundred (sesterces) while the MH corresponds to the Greek number forty-eight, that in the opinion of [URL='https://www.amazon.com/Moneda-propaganda-pol%C3%ADtica-Diocleciano-Constantino/dp/8483735016']JI San Vicente[/URL] would be related to the theoretical number of coins in a pound." A note from Victor Failmezger in Roman Bronze Coins From Paganism to Christianity, 294-364 AD[[URL='https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1932109412/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=']*[/URL]] "The meaning of the CMH ligature, used at Nicomedia and Cyzicus, is uncertain but it may be a mark of value indicating 48 coins per pound of bronze." [[URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=85730q00.jpg&vpar=449&zpg=91739&fld=https://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins2/']*[/URL]] Value of 100 ([B]C[/B]-centum) sestertii struck at 48 to the pound (Greek [B]M[/B] for 40, Greek letter [B]H[/B] for 8) No clear source or good answers - maybe a few more places to look.[/QUOTE]
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