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<p>[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4091979, member: 99554"]The Nicomedia mint was operating with only one officinae during the early byzantine period. It finally closed in 627 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You're absolutely right. I stopped my list at the end of the 4th century, just before the Byzantine time.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>About your coin (I've noticed that [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] and [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] posted the same one), at the exact moment I saw it in your post, I was cleaning a similar specimen from a big lot bought a few weeks ago! I thought I was hallucinating...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1065422[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The famous "ligature" CMH ( I believe we could call it a monogram) picked my curiosity. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1065426[/ATTACH] </p><p>I found this possible explanation : The CMH ligature might be a mark of value -- 100 (sestertii) at 48 to the pound. C is the Latin number for 100 and MH is Greek for 48. This is why I love ancient numismatic; always something new to learn and I'll never "know it all".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4091979, member: 99554"]The Nicomedia mint was operating with only one officinae during the early byzantine period. It finally closed in 627 AD. You're absolutely right. I stopped my list at the end of the 4th century, just before the Byzantine time. About your coin (I've noticed that [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] and [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] posted the same one), at the exact moment I saw it in your post, I was cleaning a similar specimen from a big lot bought a few weeks ago! I thought I was hallucinating... [ATTACH=full]1065422[/ATTACH] The famous "ligature" CMH ( I believe we could call it a monogram) picked my curiosity. [ATTACH=full]1065426[/ATTACH] I found this possible explanation : The CMH ligature might be a mark of value -- 100 (sestertii) at 48 to the pound. C is the Latin number for 100 and MH is Greek for 48. This is why I love ancient numismatic; always something new to learn and I'll never "know it all".[/QUOTE]
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