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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 3045758, member: 42773&quot;]Clavdius, do you have Guido Bruck&#039;s <i>Late Roman Bronze Coinage, An attribution guide for poorly preserved coins</i>? If you&#039;re a masochist like me and like to identify worn LRB&#039;s, this book is a must-have. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Late-Roman-Bronze-Coinage-attribution/dp/1502926016/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1522977864&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=bruck+roman" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Late-Roman-Bronze-Coinage-attribution/dp/1502926016/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1522977864&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=bruck+roman" rel="nofollow">Here&#039;s the Amazon link</a>, used copies starting at 19 bucks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was going through a bag of pretty rough LRB&#039;s myself today and came across this little mystery...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760865[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I could clearly see that this was a SPES type - I&#039;ve seen them issued by Constantius II, but I could not make out the obverse legend other than to say it was not Constantius II. Also, the mint mark on the reverse is off-flan.</p><p><br /></p><p>I looked up the Spes types in Bruck. Here&#039;s how it&#039;s laid out...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]760866[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This tells me the type was also issued by Julian II, and the reverse field mark on my coin corresponds to Cyzicus mint, and once I know that, I also get the complete obverse inscription as Cyzicus used only one. It&#039;s a book worth having, and it comes pretty cheap as far as numismatic texts go.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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