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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scarborough, post: 4284545, member: 93146&quot;]I’m writing to ask for assistance attributing a solidus I just purchased in the latest Naville auction</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090319[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantius II AD 337 – 361, solidus, Thessalonica, ca AD 340 – 350 (21mm 4.63g)</p><p>CONSTANTIVS AVGVSTVS pearl diademed draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>VICTORIAE DD NN AVGG Two ugly Victories, facing one another, holding between them a wreath inscribed VOT XX MVLT XXX. In exergue TES</p><p><br /></p><p>The dealer attributed it to C280, Depeyrot 5/1, RIC 63.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of the three references I have RIC so I looked it up … </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090320[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Cs36 means CONSTANTIVS – AVGVSTVS, and</p><p>D3 means pearl diademed bust right, draped and cuirassed.</p><p><br /></p><p>So RIC 63 looks like a good fit.</p><p><br /></p><p>But on the next page is RIC 71, with the same obverse and reverse description …</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090321[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So what is the correct attribution, is it RIC 63 or RIC 71?</p><p><br /></p><p>Many thanks for your consideration and help.</p><p><br /></p><p>D[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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