1. Ancients
Present Day
Back to Yester - Year
by: Chip Scoppa

2. Post Diocletian Reform
 Most mints have
distinctive mint
markings
 Campgate type coins
from the time of
Constantine the Great
and his sons are
among some of these
 There are 15 known
mints for this type of
coin

3. Mints for Campgate coins
 Alexandria
 Antioch
 Arelate
 Constantinople
 Cyzicus
 Heraclea
 London
 Lyons
 Nicomedia
 Rome
 Sirmium
 Siscia
 Thessalonica
 Ticinum
 Treveri

4. Alexandria
 SMALA
 SMAL
 SMAL with a dot
 Sometimes with a
wreath in left field
 Sometimes with the
officina mark in right
field
 CJSII-0723

5. Antioch
 ANT
 SMAN
 SMANT
 With various control
markings
 With various officinae
marks
 CJSII-0687

6. Arelate
 A
 AR
 ARL
 CON
 CONST
 With various control
markings
 Known for 4 turrets &
“Open Door” type
 CJSII-0660

7. Constantinople
 CONS
 With various officinae
marks in various
places
 With various control
marks
 CJSII-0909

8. Cyzicus
 MK
 SMK
 With various officinae
marks
 With various control
markings
 CJSII-0770

9. Heraclea
 HT, MHT, SMH
 With various officinae
marks & control markings
 Early series (316) also
 Star became a fixture
after 324 control mark
 Known for 3 Turret
design
 CJSII-0805

10. London
 PLON
 Very few campgates
struck here
 CJSII-0869

11. Lyons
 LG
 LVG
 Again very few of this
type of coin was
struck at this mint
 CJSII-0863

12. Nicomedia
 MN, N, SMN
 With various officinae
marks
 With various control
markings
 Only mint to use the
“dot” in place of last S
in the reverse legend
PROVIDENTIAECAESS
 CJSII-0857

13. Rome
 R, RB, RF
 With various officinae
marks & control
markings
 2, 3 & 4 turret design
 No door, closed door
& open ones
 Early 300 and 320’s
 CJSII-0871

14. Sirmium
 SIRM
 Only one issue struck
in this style
 Coin of Constantius II
 RIC 53
 Struck in 324 -325
 Using the Star above
the 2 turrets
 CJSII-0918

15. Siscia
 SIS, SISC
 With various officinae marks
and control markings
 RIC 214, 216 & 217 are
among the easiest to find
 CJSII-0725

16. Thessalonica
 SMTS
 TES
 With various officina
markings
 Again one of the
easiest mints in the
series to find
 CJSII-0887

17. Treveri
 TR
 TRE
 With various officina
marks
 Not the hardest, but
difficult to find coins
of this style from this
mint.
 CJSII-0847

18. Coins that were struck from One
Mint I don’t own examples of (yet)
 Ticinum – T
 Very few coins struck
in this style at this
mint
 Three groupings from
325 to 327
 Also used a crescent
as a control mark
 Constantine II &
Constantius II

19. Roman Coinage Prior to the
Diocletian Reform (mid 290’s)
 Different from coins
struck after the
Reform in so much as
the mint city was not
spelled out in detail
on the before issues.
 Legend, style,
placement of marks
are important to
attribute the mint
 CJSII-0681

20. Coded Coins prior to the
Diocletian Reform
 Probus – code word AEQVITI, AEQVIT or
EQVITI struck in 280, 281 & 282 at two
mints Rome and Ticinum
 Diocletian – code word IOBI (Jupiter)
struck at a single mint Siscia in 289 & 290
 Maximian – code word HPKOYLI
(Hercules) struck at a single mint Siscia in
289 & 290 as a companion to Diocletian’s

22. PROBUS – 280CE
 Ticinum
 P – Prima (First)
 The E of EQVITI
 CONCORDMILIT
 Concordia holding two
standards
 RIC vol V part ii 480
 CJSII-0378

23. PROBUS – 280CE
 Ticinum
 S – Secunda (Second)
 The Q of EQVITI
 PROVIDENTAVG
 Providentia holding a
globe & sceptre
 RIC vol V part ii 491
 CJSII-0300

24. PROBUS – 280CE
 Ticinum
 T – Tertia (Third)
 The V of EQVITI
 SALVSAVG
 Salus feeding serpent
in arms
 RIC vol V part ii 499
 CJSII-0297

25. PROBUS – 280CE
 Ticinum
 Q – Quarta (Fourth)
 The (1st) I of EQVITI
 MARTIPACIF
 Mars holding olive-
branch spear and
shield
 RIC vol V part ii 508
 CJSII-0306

26. PROBUS – 280CE
 Ticinum
 V – Quinta (Fifth)
 The T of EQVITI
 PAXAVGVSTI
 Pax holding olive-
branch sceptre
 RIC vol V part ii 516
 CJSII-0301

27. PROBUS – 280CE
 Ticinum
 VI – Sexta (sixth)
 The (2nd) I of EQVITI
 SECVRITPREP
 Securitas leaning on a
column & arm raised
 RIC vol V part ii 526
 CJSII-0341

28. PROBUS – 282CE
 Rome - RAA
 A – Alpha (First)
 The A of AEQVITI
 VICTORIAGERM
 Trophy between two
captives
 RIC vol V part ii 223
 CJSII-0298

29. PROBUS – 282CE
 Rome - REB
 B – Beta (Second)
 The E of AEQVITI
 IOVICONSPROBAVG
 Jupiter holding
thunderbolt & sceptre
 RIC vol V part ii 175
 CJSII-0305

30. PROBUS – 282CE
 Rome - RQG
 G – Gamma (Third)
 The Q of AEQVITI
 MARTIPACIF
 Mars holding olive-
branch spear and
shield
 RIC vol V part ii 177
 CJSII-0391

31. PROBUS – 282CE
 Rome - RVD
 D – Delta (Fourth)
 The V of AEQVITI
 ROMAEAETER
 Roma seated in a
temple holding
Victory and sceptre
 RIC vol V part ii 187
 CJSII-0364

32. PROBUS – 282CE
 Rome - RIE
 E – Epsilon (Fifth)
 The (1st) I of AEQVITI
 FIDESMILITVM
 Fides holding two
ensigns
 RIC vol V part ii 170
 CJSII-0302

33. PROBUS – 282CE
 Rome - RTV
 V – Stigma (sixth)
 The T of AEQVITI
 PROVIDENTAVG
 Providentia holding a
globe & sceptre
 RIC vol V part ii 181
 CJSII-0360

34. PROBUS – 282CE
 Rome - RIZ
 Z – Zeta (seventh)
 The (2nd) I of AEQVITI
 AETERNITASAVG
 Sol holding a globe &
raising hand
 RIC vol V part ii 168
 CJSII-0353

36. The four positions of the Officina
CJSII-0681
CJSII-0416
CJSII-0889
CJSII-0794