A - Mint marks   Alexandria Period Gold Silver Bronze   Period Gold Silver Bronze 294-296   ALE     294-474     ALE 294-314 ALE       317-348     SMAL Ambianum Period Gold Silver Bronze 350-353     AM, AMB, AMBI Antiochia Period Gold Silver Bronze 294-375 ANT, SMA, SMAN ANT, SMAN AN, ANT, SMAN 317-335     SMANT 367-383 ANOB, ANTOB, KANOB, PANOB     376-488     ANT 484-488 ANTOB     Aquileia Period Gold Silver Bronze 294-367 AQ, MAQ, SMAQ AQ, LXAQ, MAQ, SMAQ, TAQ   367-425 AQOB, COM, COMOB AQ, AQPS   294-437     AQ, SMAQ 361-364     AQVIL Arelate / Constantina Period Gold Silver Bronze 313-476 ARL, COMOB, CONOB, KONSTAN, KONOB     336-413   ARL, CON, CONS, CONT, KONT, SMAR, SMKAP   313-413     A, AR, ARL, CON, CONST Barcino Period Gold Silver Bronze 409-411   SMB SMB Carthago Period Gold Silver Bronze 296-307 PK no mark FK, PK 308-311 PK   PK 423-425     no mark Constantinopolis Period Gold Silver Bronze 326-366 CONS, CONSP, MCONS CONS, CP, MCONS CONS, CONSP 367-491 CONOB C, CNCM, CON, CONCM, CONS CON, CONS Cyzicus Period Gold Silver Bronze 268-294     MCXXI, XXIMC 268-367 C, K, SC, SMK     294-367   CM, KV, SMK   361-363     CVZIC, CVZICEN 294-491     CVZ, K, KV, MK, MKV, SMK Heraclea Period Gold Silver Bronze 291-296     H 294-340   H, SMH   296-474     HERAC, HERACL, HT, MHT, SMH, SMHT 313-367 MHR, SMH, SMHER, SMHR, SMHS, SMHT     Londinium / Augusta Period Gold Silver Bronze 287-296 no mark no mark no mark ML, MSL L, ML L, ML, MLXXI, MSL, QL, XI 297     LON c.298-307     no mark 307-314, 316-21     PLN 314-315     MLL 315-316     MLN, MSL 320-325     PLON 383-388 AVG, AVGOB AVG, AVGPS   Lugdunum Period Gold Silver Bronze 256-294 no mark no mark L, LVG, SML 300-310     LC 313-350     LG 336-392   LVG   340-351   LG   340-375 LVG     348-363     FPLG, GPLG, LPLG PPLG, MPLG, RPLG 351-353 NLVG   SPRLG 353-367 SMLVG   LG 360-363   LVGD LVGDOFF 360-418     LVG, LVGV 367-375   SMLAP LVGA, LVGP, LVGPR, LVGS 378-395   LVGPS   388-411 COM     407-413 COMOB LDPS, LDPV, SMLD   Mediolanum Period Gold Silver Bronze 352-475 COM, COMOB, MDOB, MED, SMMED     383-475   MD, MDPS   425-475     DM, MD Nicomedia Period Gold Silver Bronze 294-395 SMN SMN   294-398     NIC, NICO, SMN 325-327 MN, N N MN, N 361-367 NIK NIK NIK Ravenna Period Gold Silver Bronze 402-475/6 COB, COM, COMOB RV, RVPS   457-461     RV Roma Period Gold Silver Bronze 3rd century B.C. - A.D. 294 no mark no mark no mark ROMA ROMA RQ, ROMA 294-476 R R R 308-10, 330-331     RB 310-311     RE 326 SMR SMR SMR 364-378 SMR   SMR 329-330     RF 336-337, 425-455     ROM 355-361, 364-378 RM     361-364     ROMA, VRB ROM 364-367   ROMA RSM, RPRIMA 367-378 ROMA   SMR 388-394 ROMOB   R 395-423 COM   SMROM 395-476 COMOB RM, RMPS RM 409-410   PST   425-455     RO 467-472 CORMOB     383-388 AVG, AVGOB AVG, AVGPS   Sirmium Period Gold Silver Bronze 320-326 SIRM SIRM SIRM 351-364 SIRM SIRM SIRM 379-395 COMOB, SIROB SMSPV   Siscia Period Gold Silver Bronze 259-294 no mark   no mark   S, SMS 294-296 SIS SIS no mark 295-387 SIS, SISC, SMSIS, SMSISC SIS, SISPS SIS, SISC, SMSISC, XXISIS 364-413     D-SISC, SISCA, SISCE, SISCP, SISCR, SM Thessalonica Period Gold Silver Bronze 298-491 COM, COMOB, CONOB, KTES, MTS, SMTES, SMTS, TESOB, THCOB, THES, THSOB, TS, TSE. COM, CON, MTS, SMTES, SMTS, TE, TES, THES, THSOB, TS, TSE. SMTES, SMTS, TES, THS, TS, TS(A)VI, TS(A)VII. Ticinum Period Gold Silver Bronze 294-326 SMT, T T T Treveri Period Gold Silver Bronze   Period Gold Silver Bronze 294-329 no mark no mark no mark   355-388     SMTR 294-367 TR       367-388 SMTR     294-383   TR     367-429   TRPS   294-429     TR   388-395 COM     313-315 TRE       395-423   TRMS   327-328     TRE   411-413 COMOB     335-383   SMTR     411-430 TROB   TR

 

B - Officina marks Note: the specify letters of each mint appear generically like "++". I++, P++, ++P, ++Α, Α (alfa) "Prima", the 1st officina of a mint. II++, S ++, ++S, ++Β, Β (beta) "Secunda", the 2nd officina of a mint. III++, T++, ++T, ++C, Γ (gamma) "Tertia", the 3rd officina of a mint. IIII++, Q++, ++Q, ++D, Δ (delta) "Quarta", the 4th officina of a mint. V++, Ε++, ++Ε, Є (epsilon) "Quinta", the 5th officina of a mint. VI++, ++VI, ϛ++, ++ϛ (digamma or stigma) "Sexta", the 6th officina of a mint. VII++, Ζ++, ++Ζ (zeta, dseta or dseda) "Septima", the 7th officina of a mint. Η++, ++Η (eta) "Octava", the 8th officina of a mint. N++, Θ++ (theta), ΔΕ ++ (delta & epsilon) "Nona", the 9th officina of a mint. ++X, Ι++, ++Ι (iota) "Decima", the 10th officina of a mint. XII++, ΙΑ++, ΑΙ++ (iota & alfa) 11th officina of a mint. XII++, ΙΒ++, ΒΙ++ (iota & beta) 12th officina of a mint. ΙΓ++, ΓΙ++ (iota & gamma) 13th officina of a mint. ΙΔ++, ΔΙ++ (iota & delta) 14th officina of a mint. ΙΕ++, ΕΙ++ (iota & epsilon) 15th officina of a mint.

 

C - Others marks Note: the specify letters of each mint appear generically like "++". COM, COM++ (Monetae) "Comitatenses", to denote their palatine status. P++ "Pecunia" (money) or "Prima" indicating the 1st officina of a mint. M++ "Moneta", money. SM++ "Sacra Moneta" or "Signata Moneta". ++OB "Obryzum / Obryzatus / Obryzus", made in pure gold. OF, OFF "Officina". ++PS, PST "Pecunia Sacra" or "Pusulatum" indicanting pure silver. LX, LXXII Some mints mark the bronzes with this indicative of value (60, 72 pieces by pound). XXI / KA Marks of value that used in the "antoninianii" from the times of Aurelianus to the Reform of Diocletianus (XXI in lain it´s equal to KA in greek). Probably indicates its composition: twenty parts of copper by one of silver. These marks continued being used during some time in some Eastern mints like Siscia or Alexandria.

M. Pina   -  Javi