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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Claudius_Gothicus, post: 7464044, member: 116315&quot;]Thank you very much for the compliment, [USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER]! I&#039;m certainly not brilliant in everything, but I always try to do my best, and I&#039;m glad people appreciate my writeups <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Those are some very interesting examples you&#039;ve brought up, [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER]! I agree that they&#039;re extremely similar in both portrait style and lettering, and I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if the obverses were engraved by the same hand; however, differentiating between the two mints is still possible, as on the Cyzicus coin the drapery is more &quot;angular&quot; and less &quot;horizontal&quot;, when compared to the Smyrna version.</p><p><br /></p><p>Remaining on topic, the reason I waited a while to answer is that I was expecting this coin from Cyzicus, which is the considerably scarcer variant that omits the &quot;P F&quot; from the obverse legend:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293023[/ATTACH]</p><p>Claudius II (268-270), Antoninianus, Cyzicus mint.</p><p>Obverse: IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind;</p><p>Reverse: FORTVN-A REDVX, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left hand; SPQR in exergue.</p><p>RIC - , RIC V Online 948[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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