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RangerXLT8 Valued Member United States 208 Posts	Posted 06/03/2007 5:11 pm So this coin came as a free gift with a purchase of some Gold Eagles..And I have no idea what type of coin it is, besides that is is copper. Image: ancienteuropean.jpg 66.56 KB Edited by RangerXLT8 06/03/2007 5:14 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Susanlynn9 Forum Mom United States 5877 Posts	Posted 06/03/2007 6:09 pm I am not proficient enough in ancient coins to be able to help you with this one. Sap may recognize the portrait and be able to identify it that way. I rely a lot on the inscriptions and I can't read anything on this one. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 06/03/2007 6:35 pm Looks like Constans 337-350 AD, reverse could be wreath with VOT? MVLT? too worn to really tell. Ron Report this Post to the Staff
RangerXLT8 Valued Member United States 208 Posts	Posted 06/03/2007 7:25 pm Thanks for the help. Kinda neat to think the coin is 1600 years old. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16860 Posts	Posted 06/04/2007 06:37 am Yup, definitely late Roman Empire, post-Constantine-the-Great. You can read ...NSTAN... to the left of the portrait, which could be either Constans or Constantine II. Unfortunately, it's the only legible marking I can read on that coin - I can't even find the exergue-line on the reverse to have a crack at the mintmark. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
valutarick Valued Member Netherlands 376 Posts	Posted 06/29/2007 1:22 pm I enclose with the theory of Sap: Vot- coins were distrubited in times that new emperors gain power in ancient Rome. Definitely Constans 1 'the Great'; lowest value of the currency line, 1 centionalis. Report this Post to the Staff
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