Recently Ziggy sent me three Roman coins and I have been having fun trying to researh and study the coins. I am very interested in Roman history, very fascinating. Anyway I was wondering were there is a good sorce of information about the coins like mintmarks, (London Arles ect.) and some history. Thanks for any help. Here are a couple pics.
http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm Just find your type, open the appropriate spreadsheet, and go to town.
Thanks, it looks like a great site if I can get the right software downloaded to be able to view the sheets, I'm having a tough time.:headbang:
Thanks Ziggy. The information you gave with the coins was more than helpfull to get me started. I have been using it to search for more info. Whithout it I would have been completely lost. I have really enjoyed trying to learn more about these coins. I have been amazed by the different variations of the same coin types. Now I have a new part of the hobby to immerse myself in, My wife will be so happy!
The following info is from the book Ancient Coin Collecting (2nd Edition) by Wayne Sayles: Common Mint Abbreviations for Roman Coins AL, ALE - Alexandria AMB - Ambianum AN, ANT - Antiochia AQ - Aquileia AR, ARL, CON, KON - Arelatum (also called Constantina for a period) BA - Barcino C - Camulodunum CL - Clausentum K, PK, KART - Carthago C, CON, CONS - Constantinople CVZ, K - Cyzicus H, HT - Heraclea M, MLN, PLN - Londinium LG, LVG, PLG - Lugdunum MD, MDPS - Mediolanum N, NIC, NIK - Nicomedia MOST - Ostia RV,RAV - Ravenna R, RM, ROMOB - Roma SD, SER - Sirmium SIS - Siscia TS, TES, THS - Thessalonica T - Ticinum TR, TRE, TRPS - Treveri Coins struck at Constantinople and Constantina (aka, Arles, Arelate, Arelatum) both have mintmarks of CONS. (I know. CONS was not included in the above list. I did not make the list nor did I write the book.) You can identify coins struck at Constantina by the letter designation used before CONS. These letters are P, S, T and Q for Prima (first), Secunda (second), Tertia (third) and Quatra (fourth) to distinuish which of the 4 workshops of the mint in Constantina struck the coin. So, a coin with a mintmark of PCONS would have been struck at the mint workshop #1 in Constantina. Coins struck in Constantinople used Greek letters to identify which workshop of the mint they were struck at. These letters are A (Alpha - one), B (Beta - two), Γ (Gamma - three) and Δ (Delta - four). A coin with a mintmark of CONSΓ would have been struck at workshop #3 of the mint in Constantinople.
