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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3165060, member: 19463&quot;]Welcome.&nbsp; First there is rarely reason to be concerned about the lack of a workshop letter in a series but sometimes it can be explained if you look up the coin in the real RIC rather than depending on online rip offs. The coin was produced for both Licinius and Constantine from eight workshops A through H.&nbsp; None are rated as common but of the eight, shop six is most common for Licinius while shop 2 (your B) is most common for Constantine.&nbsp; In addition their codes say the British museum has seven of the eight for Licinius lacking only B.&nbsp; They list officina B as being found in collection Hu (Hunterian Museum in Glascow).&nbsp; What does this mean to you?&nbsp; Nothing probably. If someone were trying to get every officina for every coin of Licinius, they might appreciate you coin more than I do.&nbsp; Lets just say finding someone who will pay a dollar more for it because of the B might be a problem.&nbsp; Why did one shop favor one ruler and another the other?&nbsp; I do not know. These clues may mean nothing but it is a bit interesting that you have the one the British Museum lacked in 1966 when RIC VII was written.&nbsp; If you were betting, would you think they might have found one since that date?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The <b>exergue</b> is under the ground line where we find SMK.&nbsp; B is in the field on the right.&nbsp; Picky, picky! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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