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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herberto, post: 5214068, member: 74222&quot;]I just want to know how you can identify the mintplaces of a byzantine coin from 400-600 when there is no information on it?</p><p><br /></p><p>For example this coin here is without any doubt minted in Nicomedia, because of the &quot;N&quot; and &quot;I&quot; between the big denomination af 10 nummi on the reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1215735[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And this coin beneath is minted in Theupolis because it states so on the reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1215736[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>..But why does David Sear say that those coins beneath here are all from Theupolis when there are no mint-marks:</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear 535 Theoupolis: ?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1215738[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sear 381 Theoupolis&nbsp; ?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1215739[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Does the &quot;R&quot; and/or &quot;e&quot; beneath the K provide information that they are from Theupolis?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And this coin here is identified as from Ravenna, but there is ZERO information about mintplace:</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear 326 Ravenna:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1215740[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How do you know that the last 3 coins are from Theupolis and Ravenna? Tell me please.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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