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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1011578, member: 19463"]Constantinopolis were issued from several (not all) mints over 5-6 years near the end of the life of Constantine I and shortly afterward (at a few mints). They accompanied the regular types with two soldiers / two standards and the two soldier / one standard period. In some cases you can give a good guess as to the mint from the style of the coin even with no legends by comparing them to better examples but there will be no absolute certainty in most cases. Some mints regularly omitted the final S on the obverse which yours clearly has so you can rule them out. The site below has photos of reverses sorted by mints and could be helpful:</p><p><a href="http://www.catbikes.ch/helvetica/viconprow2.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.catbikes.ch/helvetica/viconprow2.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.catbikes.ch/helvetica/viconprow2.htm</a></p><p>Don't ask me to make such decisions, however, I really prefer coins with mintmarks so I have no experience using this site.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1011578, member: 19463"]Constantinopolis were issued from several (not all) mints over 5-6 years near the end of the life of Constantine I and shortly afterward (at a few mints). They accompanied the regular types with two soldiers / two standards and the two soldier / one standard period. In some cases you can give a good guess as to the mint from the style of the coin even with no legends by comparing them to better examples but there will be no absolute certainty in most cases. Some mints regularly omitted the final S on the obverse which yours clearly has so you can rule them out. The site below has photos of reverses sorted by mints and could be helpful: [url]http://www.catbikes.ch/helvetica/viconprow2.htm[/url] Don't ask me to make such decisions, however, I really prefer coins with mintmarks so I have no experience using this site.[/QUOTE]
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