just got these 2 coins an working on attribution an would like opinions on these mintmarks, the first 1 is "SMN" but not sure on last letter "A" maybe? the second looks like "epsilon(E) SIS" but i dont know the fourth character, what do ya think? thanks
Alpha and delta are often hard to separate. Look in RIC to be sure both are possibilities for a specific issue and then guess or compare to other coins. The last letter is a local alphabet equivalent of the B denoting the officina. Other shops of the series will show a different letter. There are rare examples where the letter is large and in the field higher up.
Nice coins, Ken (and Doug) ... I have an example as well (somebody from this site had a list of the "symbols" associated with these types, but sadly I can't recall which member it was? ... maybe medoraman, or Ardy?) ... anyway ... here is my example => the symbol on my coin looks kinda like a poorly drawn seagul
