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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2837193, member: 75937&quot;]Sorry about the photo quality; it&#039;s a coin that definitely looks better in hand. Post anything you deem relevant. </p><p><br /></p><p>These early bronze centenionales of Gratian, Valens and Valentinian have an enormous array of mint marks, even from just a single mint. Reading about this example of a centenionalis of Gratian from Siscia, it seems nobody has figured out what all of the various markings mean. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sear V (p. 368) notes, &quot;The series represented by this and the following type comprises the most complex sequencing of control-marks throughout the entire Roman Imperial coinage.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC ix (pp. 137-38) similarly remarks, &quot;The letters and signs in the field have not yet been explained; they are very complicated, and an added complication is the extra letter at the end of the mint-mark in the later portion of the issue.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]670266[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gratian, AD 367-383</p><p>Roman Æ centenionalis, 1.75 g, 17.3 mm, 7h</p><p>Siscia, AD 372-375</p><p>Obv: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust, right</p><p>Rev: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, emperor advancing right, dragging captive by the hair with right hand and holding labarum in left; complex combination of mint marks:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]670269[/ATTACH] </p><p>Refs: RIC ix, p. 147, 14c xxxvii; RCV 20065; Cohen 23</p><p><br /></p><p>And, in case you were wondering but don&#039;t have RIC, this is just half a page of five such pages -- for the Siscia mint alone!! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]670271[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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