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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2539294, member: 56859&quot;]<b>CONSTANTINE I</b></p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; CONSTAN TINVSAVG; diademed head right</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; PROVIDEN TIAEAVGG; campgate with 10 rows of stones and two turrets; star above; SMANTΓ (not sure about the last character) in exergue</p><p>Reference:&nbsp; RIC VII Antioch 78</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins have a bunch of minor things which specialists separate out and to which various rarity ratings are assigned.&nbsp; I can&#039;t discern the last character in exergue on your coin.&nbsp; This coin was struck at the Antioch mint.&nbsp; The exergue breaks down to SM (Sacra Moneta) ANT (Antioch) and the last character which denotes the officina.&nbsp; For this coin, the officina will be A, B, Γ, E, or Z.&nbsp; I think yours is Γ but it&#039;s difficult to tell.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Imperial Coinage, aka RIC, assigns rarity ratings.&nbsp; Depending on the unknowns detailed above, its RIC rarity is R3 - R4.&nbsp;&nbsp; However, these book rarity ratings usually don&#039;t correlate well with real-world availability, and this coin or this type of coin is readily available and in higher grade.&nbsp; For instance, last year I bought a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/adventures-in-lrbland-campgate-madness.268060/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/adventures-in-lrbland-campgate-madness.268060/">small lot of late Roman bronzes</a> and there were three of these Constantine I RIC 78 Antiochs of officina Γ, theoretically R4 (!), one of officina E (R3), and one of officina Z (R3) [see the first five images in the above link].&nbsp; So much for book rarity!</p><p><br /></p><p>$7 is a reasonable price for your coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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