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<p>[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 4323802, member: 84905"]Your observation regarding the Lacam coin (CONOR) and the Elsen coin (CONOB) is very interesting and it may solve the longstanding riddle regarding the CONOR mintmark. I think the very fine style, the fact that different officina were involved, the shape of the spear Point (leaf instead of barbed) and now the fact that the same obverse die was used to mint a CONOB solidus, suggests that both coins were probably minted in Constantinople.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have the coin below in my collection. It has a COMOB mintmark, so it is attributed to Rome.The style is fine, despite the inverted Z. The style is too fine for issues outside Italy I think, but it is strange and unlike that of Rome and Ravenna, let alone Milan issues. I think it is possible that this coin comes from the Bononia mint, but this is only a guess. The high officina number (S - 6) is strange for a small mint. A mysterious coin, but a bargain at USD 1000. I think it would fetch twice or three times this today.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=81413" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=81413" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=81413</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 4323802, member: 84905"]Your observation regarding the Lacam coin (CONOR) and the Elsen coin (CONOB) is very interesting and it may solve the longstanding riddle regarding the CONOR mintmark. I think the very fine style, the fact that different officina were involved, the shape of the spear Point (leaf instead of barbed) and now the fact that the same obverse die was used to mint a CONOB solidus, suggests that both coins were probably minted in Constantinople. I have the coin below in my collection. It has a COMOB mintmark, so it is attributed to Rome.The style is fine, despite the inverted Z. The style is too fine for issues outside Italy I think, but it is strange and unlike that of Rome and Ravenna, let alone Milan issues. I think it is possible that this coin comes from the Bononia mint, but this is only a guess. The high officina number (S - 6) is strange for a small mint. A mysterious coin, but a bargain at USD 1000. I think it would fetch twice or three times this today. [URL]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=81413[/URL][/QUOTE]
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