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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3065665, member: 19463&quot;]This is why we need a better image.&nbsp; I might be imagining things here but the mintmark may read SMTS which is Thessalonika.&nbsp; IF and only if that is correct, the B means second workshop.&nbsp; Thessalonika was the only mint that placed the workshop number in the field.&nbsp; Other mints used that space for a series letter that would identify the weight standard. </p><p><br /></p><p>My second shop SMTS is not as clear as I would prefer:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]769467[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>However, if the mintmark shows this to be any other series than this one with SMTS, the B would indicate a weight standards like the one below.&nbsp; This is also from Thessalonika but here uses TS followed by the gamma for third workshop.&nbsp;&nbsp; They dropped the SM (sacra moneta) for this series.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]769468[/ATTACH] </p><p>Consistency was not as important with the Romans as collectors would prefer.&nbsp; This one SMTS Thessalonika is the only one of all the falling horsemen varieties that put the workshop letter in this position. This answer would have been a lot easier if I did not have to cover the possibility that your coin was the exception rather than the rule. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a page on falling horsemen for those interested:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fh.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fh.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fh.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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