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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3287502, member: 85693&quot;]Happy New Year, everybody.&nbsp; Yesterday the mailman closed out the year for me with a batch of 17 oddball ancients that I had a lot of fun figuring out (including a modern fake RR denarius -oops).&nbsp; I am pretty shaky when it comes to LRB and stuff out of the normal run of common ancients, which is why I need help here.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first one is a grubby Constantine the Great with a camp gate reverse.&nbsp; Wildwinds made this easy to find, but the description has me puzzled:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Heraclea RIC VII 28 var Constantine AE follis. 318-320 AD. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, campgate with three turrets and no door, dot right, dot above doorway. Mintmark SMHB. (bust type not in RIC for this series).&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It is that portrait that puzzles me - most of these have a radically different one - left facing holding scepter and mappa.&nbsp; This left-facing type is the only type shown on OCRE (6 examples).&nbsp; This right-facing laureate portrait seems radically different for being a mere &quot;variation&quot; as noted in Wildwinds.&nbsp; Is this correct?&nbsp; Or am I utterly wrong about attribution?&nbsp; My photo is poor, but that is a SMHB mintmark and definitely a camp gate.&nbsp; 18 mm and 2.95 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]869158[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the other one.&nbsp; A &quot;barbaric&quot; bust obverse (looking a bit like Tiberius) with an S over a C.&nbsp; The reverse shows Nike (Victoria) walking right, and a partial inscription (N?)ICINI.&nbsp; It is a dumpy fabric - 13 mm and 3.80 grams.&nbsp; I spent a lot of time looking at images of Celtic coins that somewhat resemble it - British ones in particular - but no matches.&nbsp; Am I even on the right track here?&nbsp; Or is this a Provincial? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]869159[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Many thanks in advance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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