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Help Identifying An "Ancient" Coin

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Hello everyone, first post here, long time enthusiast of coins and silver/gold hoarding, sales and collecting.

A coin collection was obtained a few years back, and included was a coin in a plastic holder that was completely covered in Lime. I recently decided to clean it off in a period of boredom just to see what it was (knowing it was probably only valuable as a novelty).

Well I searched forums, reverse image searches and cannot find an exact match for the ancient-style coin I revealed. Looks similar to the roman coins I searched but cannot properly identify it.

I believe it is copper from the lime buildup and the fact that it was easily cleaned from the lemon juice/baking soda mixture.

Here is a picture of the obverse (left facing).

Any help in identifying it would be greatly appreciated!

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Here is the reverse
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The coin is of the Roman emperor Licinus. It would help to get a complete image of the coin and in the right orientation.

Licinus ruled from 308 - 324 AD.
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Thank You Very Much echizento!
I appreciate it, I was looking in the completely wrong era.

And I apologize for the incomplete pictures, at the time I had to use a scanning bed, as I did not have my camera.

Below are full pictures of the coin I have, Hopefully it will help another fellow collector identify his coin in the future.

Obverse:
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Reverse:
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I assume it's value (especially in current condition) is more as a novelty rather than a collector's item?

I plan on using it in the collection I am starting my nephew off with, and just want to make sure it shouldn't be more valuable to me as I can only hope he would take care of his collection, but he is quite young.

I see various prices in both better and worse condition ranging from $15 to $165, but find no information on measuring the value itself.
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