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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 961548, member: 19463&quot;]I have a couple dozen of them but I&#039;ll mention one that some might overlook:</p><p><br /></p><p>Rome:&nbsp; OK, most Roman coins came from Rome up to a point but by the end of the 3rd century AD there were several other mints that were out producing the old capital city.&nbsp; By the time of the most common Constantinian coins, Rome mint examples can be considerably more scarce than similar things from Siscia, Thessalonica, Alexandria etc. etc. etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; At times much of the efforts at Rome went to gold and medallions with some everyday common AE3&#039;s being rare.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Generally workmanship and artistic style at Rome was good if, perhaps, a bit boringly normal.&nbsp; Often they used reverse types not seen at other mints.&nbsp; During the later period, Roma usually used a mintmark R along with an officina (workshop) letter.&nbsp; My example here is a Crispus with mintmark RP (Roma Prima) in exergue and control letters PR (probably Populi Romanorum) in the field.&nbsp; The reverse shows Roma with a shield XV honoring the intended extension of his vows to 15 years even though he was nowhere close to that number of years in 318-319 AD when RIC (149 page 314 vol. VII) places this coin.&nbsp; The same reverse was used for his father and Licinius for whom the date was more appropriate as well as the younger Constantine II and Licinius II.&nbsp; RIC lists this exact coin as an R5 but others in the series are as common as R3.&nbsp; This example is not well struck but has a bit of remaining silver so would be considered a collectible coin by most specialists.&nbsp; It was good enough to be the plate coin 315CR in Victor Failmezger&#039;s book <b>Roman Bronze Coins from Paganism to Christianity 294-364 AD</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is Rome my favorite mint?&nbsp; No way!&nbsp; There should be plenty of room below for other choices.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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