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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2784802, member: 82549&quot;]I think your Licinian Mars is just the result of a worn reverse die. Generally, obverse dies were changed more frequently than the reverse ones because the emperor&#039;s likeness was depicted on the obverse. It&#039;s quite common to find coins where much of the detail on the reverse has been lost.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is also a flat area on the 2nd coin&#039;s flan that accounts for some of the flatness of the lettering. So I think what the side-by-side comparison of the two OP coins really shows is not so much the sloppiness of the 2nd coin but the outstanding condition and strike of the first. Congratulations. It&#039;s a real beauty.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, another side-by-side comparison, this time of two coins from Trier, shows that sometime between 309 and 310 someone decided to put clothes on Mars!</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/18.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Treveri (Trier) mint, A.D. 309</p><p>RIC 830</p><p>Obv: IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG</p><p>Rev: MARTI PATRI CONSERVATORI - Mars, helmeted, nude, standing, facing right, holding reverse spear, resting shield on ground</p><p>PTR in exergue; T in left field, F in right</p><p>25 mm, 7.6 g.</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/28.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Treveri (Trier) mint, A.D. 310-313</p><p>RIC 862</p><p>Obv: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG</p><p>Rev: MARTI CON-SERVATORI - Mars, helmeted, in military dress, holding reverse spear, resting hand on shield</p><p>PTR in exergue; T in left field, F in right</p><p>24 mm, 4.4 g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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