Constantinus II follis, but can't read the mint!!! [επιλυμένο]

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Hello!

Here is the coin:

I could find it on this site : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces52023.html
But the mint is not the same and I can't really find out. Maybe it is IRTED INTED...

Thank You for your help!
Vilmos
I would propose SMTSB.

If you agree that TS is likely, then it probably is the mint of Thessalonika. I don't think there is any other possibility, but you could check on the Wildwinds page for Constantine II.

The first two letters are normally, for this mint as for many others, SM = Sacra Moneta. Perhaps the first letter is too thin for an "S", but corroded coins are often misleading. Have a closer look and let us know.

If indeed it's Thessalonika, then the final letter should be Greek ─ that's to identify the "officina" (i.e. room) in which the coin was struck. Here, too, the corrosion may make it a little tricky. I suggest it's "B" (beta).

It does look like Thessalonika struck such coins while Constantine was still Caesar under his father, so that's promising.
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Thank You for your answer!

Yes, actually the first letter is not readible. (unfortunately it is damaged 8.) Under the viewer it looks like "MTS" and the last is probably a "B". As I can see there is a huge space between MTS and B. So maybe yes, this is not the part of the mint but the "sign" of the beta as you wrote. This is why I could not find it yet.

Thank You!
Η κατάσταση άλλαξε σε Επιλυμένο. (Villimos, 15 Απρ 2022, 19:49)
Agree this is the Mint of Thessaloniki. Only the portrait of the emperor looks to me like Constantine I. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG / GLORIA EXERCITVS. Maybe you can read the inscription from different angles?

https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantine/_thessalonica_RIC_vII_183_B.jpg
Απόσπασμα: "Mariusz"​Agree this is the Mint of Thessaloniki. Only the portrait of the emperor looks to me like Constantine I. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG / GLORIA EXERCITVS. Maybe you can read the inscription from different angles?

https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantine/_thessalonica_RIC_vII_183_B.jpg
​The obverse legend is CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, so it is Constantine "junior" when he was still Caesar under his father.
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