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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 5253728, member: 44316&quot;]The portrait does not look much like Constantine I and could be Constantine II who, after Constantine&#039;s death, used the same obverse legend Constantine had used: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG.&nbsp; Looking in RIC VIII (which begins with the death of Constantine) it could be RIC VIII Alexandria 13, page 539, &quot;before April 340&quot; (i.e. before the death of Constantine II). That has mintmark SMALA as does the above coin and its low weight (given as 1.68 grams) matches the RIC cited average of &quot;1.67 grams.&quot; (RIC VII does not give weights the way RIC VIII does.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The above coin has rosette diadem as the Constantine I citation, and the number cited in RIC VIII does not (It is laureate). Nevertheless, I think it is really Constantine II and that minor variant is omitted. Many varieties are not in RIC.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219070[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here is a Constantine II with that obverse legend from Siscia. How do we know it is not Constantine I? Well, the similar types for Constantius II and Constans from that issue are not as Caesars, rather as Augusti, so it must be after Constantine died.</p><p>RIC VIII Siscia 85. 17 mm. 1.85 grams.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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