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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 3662714, member: 10613"]Your coin is from Heraclea and the part of the mintmark I can make out is •SMH?</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a workshop in place of the question mark, with choices being A,B,Γ,Δ or Є with perhaps another • at the end. You might be able to tell with it in hand. It was struck A.D. 330-3. The VRBS ROMA coins were issued alongside several other special issues at the time, mainly CONSTANTINOPOLIS coins, because Constantine was dedicating his new city of Constantinople, so the VRBS ROMA and CONSTANTINOPOLIS were issued to mark the foundation of Constantinople and to also re-affirm Rome as the traditional center of the Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's a fun series to collect since thirteen mints issued them.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/comm/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/comm/" rel="nofollow">http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/comm/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 3662714, member: 10613"]Your coin is from Heraclea and the part of the mintmark I can make out is •SMH? There is a workshop in place of the question mark, with choices being A,B,Γ,Δ or Є with perhaps another • at the end. You might be able to tell with it in hand. It was struck A.D. 330-3. The VRBS ROMA coins were issued alongside several other special issues at the time, mainly CONSTANTINOPOLIS coins, because Constantine was dedicating his new city of Constantinople, so the VRBS ROMA and CONSTANTINOPOLIS were issued to mark the foundation of Constantinople and to also re-affirm Rome as the traditional center of the Empire. It's a fun series to collect since thirteen mints issued them. [URL]http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/comm/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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