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<p>[QUOTE="Claudius_Gothicus, post: 7380798, member: 116315"]Thanks for the kind words [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER], I try to do my best in my writeups, and I'm glad you appreciate them <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Cool coins too! I never get tired of seeing your Aurelian with a double die clash.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for your question, I personally have never found it hard to distinguish the two mints from each other; firstly, you can get pretty far in the identification process just by looking at the obverse legend, as Smyrna only used CLAVDIVS AVG and IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG, while Cyzicus used IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG, IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, IMP CLAVDIVS AVG and VIRTVS CLAVDI AVG. If your coin has the legend shared by both, then you need to look at the lettering (letters from Cyzicus are usually rounder and thicker) and at the portrait (Smyrna portraits have a clear Eastern influence that is usually less noticeable in Cyzicus'). With that having been said, I'd be curious to see the coins you have doubts about, maybe I can learn something new as well <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the meantime, here's my only Claudius II from Cyzicus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1285199[/ATTACH] </p><p>Claudius II (268-270), antoninianus, Cyzicus mint, second officina.</p><p>Obverse: IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust with paludamentum left, seen from behind, two dots beneath;</p><p>Reverse: VICTORI-A-E GOTHIC, trophy and arms flanked by two captives, SPQR in exergue;</p><p>RIC 251 (unlisted variant), RIC V online 926.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Claudius_Gothicus, post: 7380798, member: 116315"]Thanks for the kind words [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER], I try to do my best in my writeups, and I'm glad you appreciate them :happy:. Cool coins too! I never get tired of seeing your Aurelian with a double die clash. As for your question, I personally have never found it hard to distinguish the two mints from each other; firstly, you can get pretty far in the identification process just by looking at the obverse legend, as Smyrna only used CLAVDIVS AVG and IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG, while Cyzicus used IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG, IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, IMP CLAVDIVS AVG and VIRTVS CLAVDI AVG. If your coin has the legend shared by both, then you need to look at the lettering (letters from Cyzicus are usually rounder and thicker) and at the portrait (Smyrna portraits have a clear Eastern influence that is usually less noticeable in Cyzicus'). With that having been said, I'd be curious to see the coins you have doubts about, maybe I can learn something new as well :). In the meantime, here's my only Claudius II from Cyzicus: [ATTACH=full]1285199[/ATTACH] Claudius II (268-270), antoninianus, Cyzicus mint, second officina. Obverse: IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust with paludamentum left, seen from behind, two dots beneath; Reverse: VICTORI-A-E GOTHIC, trophy and arms flanked by two captives, SPQR in exergue; RIC 251 (unlisted variant), RIC V online 926.[/QUOTE]
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