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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LukeGob, post: 13946744, member: 73885&quot;]I just received a new coin I&#039;m pretty excited about. I&#039;m a big fan of late late-Roman AE &amp; this is a good one. RIC X-424 (R5) is listed as probably Theodosius II, as the only known example, in the British Museum, has an obverse that can&#039;t be read. The reverse is nicer &amp; the Mint Mark, fortunately, is on-flan, so we know it was struck at least at Constantinople. As far as I can tell, that coin in the B.M. was the only one known anywhere (if anyone knows of more, please let me know). I came across another, in pretty darn good shape. The obverse can be definitively read, confirming Kent&#039;s guess in RIC (Kudos!). The Re, while sharp, does not have the mint mark on-flan, so no new info there (though I&#039;d bet anything that&#039;s it&#039;s CON; classic portrait style &amp; the Ob Leg has the curved &quot;E&quot; that showed up there around this time). The Re legend can be confirmed as &quot;...LICAE&quot; &amp; not &quot;...LICE&quot;. It is unusually large &amp; massive for even an AE3 of the era at 15.5 X 14mm &amp; 1.9g, 0° axis. Combined with the scarcity, I wonder if it was some kind of non-standard issue? Given out at an event maybe?</p><p>Ob: DN THEODO-SIV(S PF AVG) / P. Diad. Dr. &amp; Cuir. Bust R.</p><p>Re: (SALVS REI)-PVBLICA(E) / Emp. Enth. F., Nimbate? (In-hand it&#039;s clearer, facial details clear, &amp; it really does not seem nimbate, but I have examples from other types with similar devices where it is subtle, so who knows?) &amp; in Consular robes, holds Mappa in R. &amp; cruciform scepter in L., star in L. field. In Ex: ? (CON)</p><p>Obverse pic is closer to the look in-hand. Even, smooth surfaces, darker green patina with a nice olive-tan fill highlighting. Beautiful coin. Purchased from Ebay seller, Numis Fitz.</p><p>Any thoughts or info anyone has would be greatly appreciated.&nbsp; Also, it was suggested I let the British Museum know about this coin, &amp; I would very much like to, but I have absolutely no idea how to do that. Does anyone know a way to contact them? Thanks in advance.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1530875[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1530876[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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