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<p>[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 414826, member: 11521"]The following info is from the book <i>Ancient Coin Collecting</i> (2nd Edition) by Wayne Sayles:</p><p> </p><p><b>Common Mint Abbreviations for Roman Coins</b></p><p> </p><p><b>AL, ALE</b> - Alexandria</p><p><b>AMB</b> - Ambianum</p><p><b>AN, ANT</b> - Antiochia</p><p><b>AQ</b> - Aquileia</p><p><b>AR, ARL, CON, KON</b> - Arelatum (also called Constantina for a period)</p><p><b>BA</b> - Barcino</p><p><b>C</b> - Camulodunum</p><p><b>CL </b>- Clausentum</p><p><b>K, PK, KART</b> - Carthago</p><p><b>C, CON, CONS</b> - Constantinople</p><p><b>CVZ, K</b> - Cyzicus</p><p><b>H, HT</b> - Heraclea</p><p><b>M, MLN, PLN</b> - Londinium</p><p><b>LG, LVG, PLG</b> - Lugdunum</p><p><b>MD, MDPS</b> - Mediolanum</p><p><b>N, NIC, NIK</b> - Nicomedia</p><p><b>MOST</b> - Ostia</p><p><b>RV,RAV</b> - Ravenna</p><p><b>R, RM, ROMOB</b> - Roma</p><p><b>SD, SER</b> - Sirmium</p><p><b>SIS</b> - Siscia</p><p><b>TS, TES, THS</b> - Thessalonica</p><p><b>T</b> - Ticinum</p><p><b>TR, TRE, TRPS</b> - Treveri</p><p> </p><p>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.) </p><p> </p><p>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. </p><p> </p><p>So, a coin with a mintmark of <b>PCONS</b> would have been struck at the mint workshop #1 in Constantina.</p><p> </p><p>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 <b>CONSΓ</b> would have been struck at workshop #3 of the mint in Constantinople.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 414826, member: 11521"]The following info is from the book [I]Ancient Coin Collecting[/I] (2nd Edition) by Wayne Sayles: [B]Common Mint Abbreviations for Roman Coins[/B] [B]AL, ALE[/B] - Alexandria [B]AMB[/B] - Ambianum [B]AN, ANT[/B] - Antiochia [B]AQ[/B] - Aquileia [B]AR, ARL, CON, KON[/B] - Arelatum (also called Constantina for a period) [B]BA[/B] - Barcino [B]C[/B] - Camulodunum [B]CL [/B]- Clausentum [B]K, PK, KART[/B] - Carthago [B]C, CON, CONS[/B] - Constantinople [B]CVZ, K[/B] - Cyzicus [B]H, HT[/B] - Heraclea [B]M, MLN, PLN[/B] - Londinium [B]LG, LVG, PLG[/B] - Lugdunum [B]MD, MDPS[/B] - Mediolanum [B]N, NIC, NIK[/B] - Nicomedia [B]MOST[/B] - Ostia [B]RV,RAV[/B] - Ravenna [B]R, RM, ROMOB[/B] - Roma [B]SD, SER[/B] - Sirmium [B]SIS[/B] - Siscia [B]TS, TES, THS[/B] - Thessalonica [B]T[/B] - Ticinum [B]TR, TRE, TRPS[/B] - 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 [B]PCONS[/B] 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 [B]CONSΓ[/B] would have been struck at workshop #3 of the mint in Constantinople.[/QUOTE]
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