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your number 2 may be constans..I think the letter are FLIVLCONSTANSNOBC, not sure if that matches with that mint or not though?
some interesting stuff in there. 3 looks cool also!
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Thanks for the help Chrsmat, your help has IDed this coin! That being said, the really major letters for this are gone, but I can read FL IVL CONSTANT-IN NOB C. I suppose I should try and see what it could be. For the moment, every time I search anything, it comes back to RIC VII Thess 200, so ill assume I'm misreading it and assume it is that.
Coin 2 is Constanius II, GLORIA EXERCITVS on reverse, FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C on obverse. Matches with RIC VII 200. 331-4 ACE. Mint mark is SMTS for Thessalonica.
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JWHarper, it isn't a radiate. I have a fake Caesar and that other coin from Pergamon (excuse my spelling) and the bust certainly matches up to 100ACE. I'm going to go ahead and clean up the bust a bit - I'm not doing any more cleaning to the reverse, I feel that I've lost detail by moving dirt from the SC. I finally took a picture, and after some more cleaning, I am confident that it is a fel temp! Its struck on a smaller flan than the die was made for. I believe it is a barbaric issue.   |
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I cannot tell from the image if it is radiate or not, but if not it could be: Diadumenian AE18, Antioch MacAlee 755; Antioch, Syria. 217-218 AD. KAI O DIA ANTWNINOC, bare head right / Large SC within wreath, wreath over delta-epsilon above, eagle below. http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/diad...Alee_755.jpgAlso, the Fel Temp image is not barbaric in my opinion, but it is on a small flan. The mintmark is "CONSGAMMA" (Constantinople). It also looks like there is a letter in the reverse left field, but I cannot make it out. |
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JWHarper, the bust doesn't quite match up - its just the neck, it doesn't flay at the bottom (well, no flay has survived).
As for the fel temp, you are right, there is a T in the reverse field, dont know what that means, and a symbol left of the bust I would like to pin down. Checking wildwinds for the T in field design.
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Ben,
I don't believe your FEL TEMP is barbaric but I may wrong
Clearly though, I am pretty sure it is Constantius Gallus.
-Kurt
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Kurt, I am going to take your word for that! I know its a Constantine, and I dont have a Con Gall yet, so I'm quite happy at that!
However, I have yet to find a single example with a T in left field. Ill check Heveltica.
Just did, and no, none labelled with T in left. Delta behind bust matches up, but no T dot. Curious indeed. Could it be a different symbol?
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it looks like all the CONS gamma mintmark fel temps with a symbol behind the bust are either constantius ii or constantius gallus as bd said. based on where the "ON" hits there at hits there at 11 o'clock, I would also go with constantius gallus also.
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Ben, The only possibility for your FEL TEMP is Constantius Gallus given the fact that the bust is bald style coupled with the fact that there is an obverse field mark. I would say that your obverse field mark would likely be delta rather A. Sometimes the serif typeface makes the letters a bit confusing to the untrained eye (that would be me). This makes your coin RIC 110 or 113 depending on the reverse field markings. Here is an example from a different mint(Sirmium) with the delta obverse field mark. Note the the Serif style.  Cheers, -Kurt |
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Coin 3 is actually Valentinian I.
OBV: D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG
REV: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE
Cheerio mate,
Kurt
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Kurt, good stuff! You were bang on with the RIC 110 thing, the T is a gamma and the II is a delta. Adding Gallus to the list of emperors now.
And thanks for the help on coin 3 - ill write that up too. First Secvritas.
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Great news! A coin I thought was a dud turns out to be a good coin - buried under lots of crap. I tried stripping the patina but what I found was that the outer layer wasnt patina - so its stripping that off and revealing the design and lettering. Heres the progress: Before:   Midway:   Im seeing some real improvement, uncovered more bust after that picture was taken. |
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now that is interesting....  |
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Theres a slight indication of some silvering surviving, is this possible? If so, would citric acid cause damage to this?
Theres an area where I wore away some of the red encrustment and this came out shiny after the last dip.
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