Roman Coin Identification , Gloria Exercitvs

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The Romans, as a general rule, kept very good records of themselves. Unfortunately, as the Empire declined, the record-keeping got somewhat worse. As a result, while we know what names the Romans gave to their earlier coins (sestertius, denarius, aureus, etc), we have no idea about later coins. Late Roman Bronzes (from Constantine onwards) are notably problematic. As a result, rather than assign arbitrary and most-likely-incorrect names to coins, archaeologists and numismatists assign these coins numbers, sorted by size. AE1 is large, AE2 medium, AE3 small and AE4 is very small. So in that sense, "AE4" is the denomination.


GLORIA EXERCITVS is the reverse legend; "Glory of the army". It's possible that all the coins with this legend are intended to be the same denomination, but as I said earlier, we really don't know. There doesn't seem to be a general pattern linking reverse type with denomination.

As noted by Victor above, the reverse figures look a bit too robotic for a genuine coin; this may be a contemporary (circulating) counterfeit.