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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1791767, member: 42773&quot;]Well, what I&#039;ve gathered so far is this...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1. Licinius I was in control of the Siscia Mint from 311 to 324 so we wouldn&#039;t have seen Helena&#039;s issues during that time.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2. He lost the civil war against Constantine I in 324, at which point we see coins of Constantine coming out of Siscia.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>3. The Nagat<font face="Times New Roman">é</font>t<font face="Times New Roman">é</font>ny hoard suggests a division of labor between the various officinae, with Helena assigned to Γ and Є.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>4. RIC relates the nested-crescents symbol of the mint mark to another series of coins out of Siscia...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In fact, scholarship since RIC sets Helena&#039;s death on 18 August 330, so it&#039;s possible her coins were minted through the first half of that year.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But I&#039;m not sure how RIC determines the mark to have started in 327 - it gives no explanation for that statement whatsoever.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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