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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1784789, member: 19463&quot;]RIC dates the Constantius to 300-301 as part of an issue by the four tetrarchs then current.&nbsp; It is distinctive by the KV which RIC comments is to be taken together and proposes that K is Greek for 20 sestertii and V is Roman for 5&nbsp; denarii.&nbsp; I agree with their math but can&#039;t say that I see their explanation any more than a guess that fails to explain other letters in similar positions on other issues of the general period.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know the answer and would prefer such guesses be presented with more to back them up than we have here.&nbsp; The E is certainly the officina (5) since the coin exists with A through I in this position (with additive delta epsilon for 9).&nbsp; RIC lists this following similar coins without the KV and before a series also without KV but adding a star after the ANT.&nbsp; The order of these three seem to be based on a slight falling off of average weight so is probably correct.&nbsp; They also mention that the KV coins come in a large and small portrait sub-series but you would need to find other specimens to see which you have by comparison.&nbsp; People who work in museums with a hundred coins of one type have an advantage seeing such little differences.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have experience with this series but suspect yours is a small just thinking about some of the really fat portraits we see from the tetrarchs.&nbsp;&nbsp; You might search acsearch etc to see if you can find others.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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