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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4356311, member: 110350"]Good advice! All of my "VOT" legend coins have what I now recognize as a compass dot in the middle:</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine I, silvered AE Follis, Siscia Mint 321-24 AD. Obv. Laureate head right, CONSTAN-TINVS AVG/ Rev. D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, laurel wreath enclosing VOT/•/XX. Mintmark Γ[gamma]SIS & sunburst [= Siscia mint, 3rd officina]. RIC VII, p. 446, # 180. 20 mm., 3.38 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1101879[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Crispus Caesar, Billon reduced Centenionalis, Arelate [Arles] Mint (3rd Officina) 321 AD. Obv. Laureate bust right, CRISPUS NOB CAES / Rev. VOT • V in three lines within laurel wreath, CAESARVM NOSTRORVM. In exergue: T [Crescent] A. RIC VII ARLES 235 (p. 260), Sear RCV IV 16747, Cohen 30. 20 mm., 2.73 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1101880[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Julian II, AE Centenionalis, 361-63 AD, Sirmium Mint, 2nd Officina. Obv. Pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, spear in right hand, shield in left, D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG / Rev. VOT/X/MVLT/XX in four lines within wreath. In exergue: BSIRM. RIC VIII Sirmium 108, Cohen VIII 151, Sear RCV V 19172. 20.3 mm, 3.393 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1101884[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Valens, AR Siliqua, 364-367, Rome Mint. Obv. DN VALEN-S PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Rev. VOT- V- MV dot LT- X in four lines within wreath. In exergue: Mintmark RB. RIC IX Rome 10c, RSC V 91(h) (ill.). 17 mm., 2.00 g. <i>From 1887 East Harptree hoard</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1101885[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>For three of these four coins, I included the dot as part of my description of the legend. (I didn't even notice the dot in the Julian II coin.) I wonder if I should take those references out now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4356311, member: 110350"]Good advice! All of my "VOT" legend coins have what I now recognize as a compass dot in the middle: Constantine I, silvered AE Follis, Siscia Mint 321-24 AD. Obv. Laureate head right, CONSTAN-TINVS AVG/ Rev. D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, laurel wreath enclosing VOT/•/XX. Mintmark Γ[gamma]SIS & sunburst [= Siscia mint, 3rd officina]. RIC VII, p. 446, # 180. 20 mm., 3.38 g. [ATTACH=full]1101879[/ATTACH] Crispus Caesar, Billon reduced Centenionalis, Arelate [Arles] Mint (3rd Officina) 321 AD. Obv. Laureate bust right, CRISPUS NOB CAES / Rev. VOT • V in three lines within laurel wreath, CAESARVM NOSTRORVM. In exergue: T [Crescent] A. RIC VII ARLES 235 (p. 260), Sear RCV IV 16747, Cohen 30. 20 mm., 2.73 g. [ATTACH=full]1101880[/ATTACH] Julian II, AE Centenionalis, 361-63 AD, Sirmium Mint, 2nd Officina. Obv. Pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, spear in right hand, shield in left, D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG / Rev. VOT/X/MVLT/XX in four lines within wreath. In exergue: BSIRM. RIC VIII Sirmium 108, Cohen VIII 151, Sear RCV V 19172. 20.3 mm, 3.393 g. [ATTACH=full]1101884[/ATTACH] Valens, AR Siliqua, 364-367, Rome Mint. Obv. DN VALEN-S PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Rev. VOT- V- MV dot LT- X in four lines within wreath. In exergue: Mintmark RB. RIC IX Rome 10c, RSC V 91(h) (ill.). 17 mm., 2.00 g. [I]From 1887 East Harptree hoard[/I]. [ATTACH=full]1101885[/ATTACH] For three of these four coins, I included the dot as part of my description of the legend. (I didn't even notice the dot in the Julian II coin.) I wonder if I should take those references out now.[/QUOTE]
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