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Message:: [QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 2658934, member: 82549"]Looks like it was minted in Arles (SCONST mint mark?). Pellinore is correct about the reverse type. The obverse inscription is unbroken, so it's not Constantine the Great; it's either Constantine II, Constantius II, Constans, or Delmatius. I don 't think it's Delmatius since it looks like the letters CON appear at around 9:00. So that narrows it down to one of CtG's three sons. It's not Constantine II, however, since his inscriptions begin with CON, and there appear to be too many letters in the inscription for Constans, so that leaves Constantius II as the most likely candidate. Check the last 3-4 letters of the obverse inscription. Do they look like NOBC or AVG? NOBC would place it before Constantine's death in 337, IMP after. Is that an "X" or a Chi-Rho in the flag? A Chi-Rho would also place it before 337; but an "X" could be either.[/QUOTE]