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sirdizzy Valued Member United States 461 Posts	Posted 08/07/2014 1:44 pm I found out another coworker was a coin collector and we got talking about coins. She mostly collects ancients where as I have mostly collected US coins until recently when I started to expand to crowns. She gave me a roman coin just to be nice or at least I think its roman (I am thinking of trying to find her a nice US coin to give her). It appears to be bronze and it appears to have spent some time in the ground, its fairly worn probably not worth a bunch but still very cool to me. Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 08/07/2014 2:01 pm to ancient coin collecting The coin has a heavy green patina which makes it a bit hard to ID. But I believe it's Constintius II 337-361 AD with the falling horseman reverse. This reverse first appeared circa 348 AD. Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 08/07/2014 2:35 pm Yep, looks like Constantius II. The empire's fate was sealed at this point and it wouldnt last long - the western empire, including Rome, was gone to the barbarians the next century. Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 08/07/2014 2:53 pm Also, tell your friend about CCF and its ancients forum! Report this Post to the Staff
Masis Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 946 Posts	Posted 08/07/2014 6:57 pm Similar to this type, issued in the city of Thessalonica (now in modern Greece). There is a mintmark in the exergue of the reverse which looks like "SMTS". The "SM" stands for "Sacrae Monetae" (Sacred Monies). "TS" is for Thessalonica. http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/cons...viii_189.txt There is an "Officina" (Office/Workshop) letter, more so a Greek letter, in the left field of the reverse, in the Wild Winds example it is "Delta". Yours looks like "Gamma". Report this Post to the Staff
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