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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 2899857, member: 14873&quot;]Thank you for the question, John.</p><p><br /></p><p>I now use The British Museum (Portable Antiquities Scheme) excellent Web site as my reference:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://finds.org.uk:443/romancoins/articles/page/slug/fourth-century-mints" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://finds.org.uk:443/romancoins/articles/page/slug/fourth-century-mints" rel="nofollow">http://finds.org.uk:443/romancoins/articles/page/slug/fourth-century-mints</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I cannot remember what reference I first used, but it interpreted PLON as P(ecunia) LON(dinium) - money produced at the London Mint. As you can see from the British Museum reference they list the alternative Prima (first Officina) for the letter P.</p><p><br /></p><p>Added via Edit (I forget so many things these days, sorry):</p><p><br /></p><p>In RIC, Volume VI, Sutherland theorizes that there was only one Officina at the London Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>The PLN Mint mark represents a fore-shortening of LON</p><p><br /></p><p>The M series London Mint marks (MLN, etc.) represent Moneta, London.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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