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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4171576, member: 82549"]At this point your best bet may be to compare the styles of different mints during the 337-340 A.D. time span. (Constans is called Augustus rather than Caesar on your coin.) The reverse may be more useful than the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would start with Cyzicus, since a garbled SMKS seems most likely to me. Other mints to compare include Nicomedia, then Herclea, Antioch and finally, if all else fails, Thessalonica.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4171576, member: 82549"]At this point your best bet may be to compare the styles of different mints during the 337-340 A.D. time span. (Constans is called Augustus rather than Caesar on your coin.) The reverse may be more useful than the obverse. I would start with Cyzicus, since a garbled SMKS seems most likely to me. Other mints to compare include Nicomedia, then Herclea, Antioch and finally, if all else fails, Thessalonica.[/QUOTE]
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