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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 5510145, member: 96898&quot;]No new coins on my side, but I finally took pictures of this 2020 acquisition. It&#039;s a nice common LRB, which I bought it because of the mintmark. My coin is from the ninth officina at the Constantinople mint. The letter Θ, which indicates the number nine, was considered unlucky because of its association with the word Θάνατος (death). Oftentimes, it is thus replaced on coins by a combination of E (5) and ∆ (4), but my coin has it:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1239952[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Constantine II Iunior, Roman Empire, AE3, 333–335 AD, Constantinople mint. Obv: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C; bust of Constantine II, laureate, cuirassed, r. Rev: GLORIA EXERCITVS; two soldiers, helmeted, draped, cuirassed, standing facing each other, each holding reversed spear in outer hand and resting inner hand on shield; between them, two standards; in exergue, •CONSΘ•. 20mm, 2.62g. Ref: RIC VII Constantinople 81. </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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