Coin Community Family of Web Sites Join Thousands of Coin, Bullion, & Money Collectors
Vancouvers #1 Coin and Paper Money Dealer Royal Estate Auctions - $1 Coin AuctionsCoin, Banknote and Medal Collectors's Online Mall Join Thousands of Coin, Bullion, & Money Collectors 300,000 items to help build your collection! Specializing in Modern Numismatics Royal Canadian Mint products, Canadian, Polish, American, and world coins and banknotes.








Username:
Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?


This page may contain links that result in small commissions to keep this free site up and running.

Welcome Guest! Registering and/or logging in will remove the anchor (bottom) ads. It's Free!

Help With Some Greek Un Cleaned Coins

To participate in the forum you must log in or register.
Author Previous TopicReplies: 38 / Views: 4,024Next Topic
Page: of 3
Pillar of the Community
Bing's Avatar
United States
4253 Posts
 Posted 07/26/2012  4:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bing to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The closest I can find is a denarius of Augustus and Julia, his daughter. But yours is not silver. Can you tell me the measurements? take a look at this link and see if this coin looks something like yours: http://wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s1732.html
Pillar of the Community
Ben's Avatar
United Kingdom
4208 Posts
 Posted 07/26/2012  4:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ben to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks JWHarper (also, how does your name break down? J W Harper? J Wharper?) but it doesn't look like it I'm afraid.

The measurements are: 18mm Diameter. Thickness away from the bust is jsut over 2mm with a thinkness of nearly 4mm at the centre (due to the protusion of the busts). Ill weigh it and edit this post in a second, but I can only measure to within 2g and the patina being removed may have lightened it. It came out as 4g on the scale, so its heavier than 3g and lighter than 5g. Not much help really...

And all other coins in the batch are late 300s and early 400s AD.

EDIT: Just a thought, could it be a die mismatch?
Edited by Ben
07/26/2012 4:31 pm
Pillar of the Community
Bing's Avatar
United States
4253 Posts
 Posted 07/26/2012  4:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bing to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'll look some more, but the bust type on this coin is not 3-400 AD, but more like 1st/2nd century AD. If we keep looking, we'll find it (I hope). BTW, just call me JW. I'm a hillbilly from West (By God) Virginia. All hillbillies are known by both first and middle names, Bubba, or just initials. I've been called JW all my life as was my Grandfather and Great Grandfather.
Pillar of the Community
Ben's Avatar
United Kingdom
4208 Posts
 Posted 07/26/2012  4:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ben to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My god I didnt expect this when I got it. Every other coin has been similar era... Ill try searching google using the image rather than the text.

I really do appreciate the help by the way - and I will be IDing this if It means building a time machine and asking a roman mint official personally.
Pillar of the Community
Bing's Avatar
United States
4253 Posts
 Posted 07/26/2012  4:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bing to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Take a look at the coin. Does bust 2 look female or male? I really cannot say from the image.
Pillar of the Community
Ben's Avatar
United Kingdom
4208 Posts
 Posted 07/26/2012  4:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ben to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Ill be honest, everytime I look at the coin, my mind changes on their genders. Bust A looks a lot more female, hair and scarf around shoulders. Bust B looks a lot more...regal, like they're are wearing a laurel reath. Either way, one is male, one is female.

Im going to guess at some unreadable letters on the bust A, to the left. KAHJ*squigglewhichisn'treadablebutisgenerallyrounded*H (maybe K)

That makes KAHJ*H or KAHJ*K

(edited for unforgivable spelling mistake)

Hold on! I just looked at several coins of Livia and Julia and they look very similar to this one. I reckon if I could work out the legend, it would help attribute the coin. I'm leaning towards 'not roman language'. Is there a resident expert for ancient languages?
Edited by Ben
07/26/2012 5:02 pm
Pillar of the Community
Bing's Avatar
United States
4253 Posts
 Posted 07/26/2012  5:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bing to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If not Latin then Greek. Someone will be able to read it, but not me
Pillar of the Community
Ben's Avatar
United Kingdom
4208 Posts
 Posted 07/26/2012  5:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ben to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Okay, incase one wanders by:
For Greek character, ill just put them in angle brackets.
MHN (the bust) <theta><epsilon>(not legible)

Reverse:
(maybe pi, looks like the bottom half of an X)AH(possible T)(possible H)H (the bust) <theta><epsilon>ONC*(Y or V)(not legible)

MHN θε******
XAH** θεONCY*

*This is odd, because no greek characters look like C...
  Previous TopicReplies: 38 / Views: 4,024Next Topic
Page: of 3

To participate in the forum you must log in or register.



    




Disclaimer: While a tremendous amount of effort goes into ensuring the accuracy of the information contained in this site, Coin Community assumes no liability for errors. Copyright 2005 - 2026 Coin Community Family- all rights reserved worldwide. Use of any images or content on this website without prior written permission of Coin Community or the original lender is strictly prohibited.
Contact Us  |  Advertise Here  |  Privacy Policy / Terms of Use

Coin Community Forum © 2005 - 2026 Coin Community Forums
It took 0.26 seconds to rattle this change. Forums