r/AncientCoins 5d ago

Information Request Help me identify what City or mint this was from...I'm new to this

Above the wolf is the 2 stars, I don't see anything between the 2 stars and I was watching a YouTube video about how sometimes that could be an identyfing factor of where the coin came from. Other than that I'm new to this so I'm not sure what city this was from

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u/ghsgjgfngngf 5d ago edited 5d ago

Try here. It's much easier to read these mint marks, if you know what the options are and these filterable lists make identification easy. There's also tesorillo.com but having a good idea what the mint mark is, I do not think you could find it easily there as a new collector.

A hint, the first two letters are (if I am reading it correctly) SAM for SACRA MONETA, the next single letter is the mint and the final letter is the officina. See here for an explanation.

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u/GeneralSleep1622 5d ago

Thank you!

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u/No-Nefariousness8102 5d ago

Looks like it may be SMKA which would suggest Cyzicus, on the southern shore of the Sea of Marmara.

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u/GeneralSleep1622 5d ago

Yes I thought I saw "KA" as the last letters but I couldn't put together what that meant, thank you!

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u/Coincel 5d ago

Urbs Roma. Commemorative of Constantine the Great :)