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travelcoin Pillar of the Community United States 1120 Posts	Posted 01/05/2019 11:41 am I assume these are late Roman, but I don' recognize the busts at all. Very unique to me. I can't find a match anywhere especially with the few clues left. Coin 1 Coin2 Report this Post to the Staff

Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 01/05/2019 1:17 pm The first one appears to be a 'ROMA' campgate issue of Valentinian III. Report this Post to the Staff
travelcoin Pillar of the Community United States 1120 Posts	Posted 01/05/2019 1:42 pm Somebody else suggested that as well. I'm just not seeing it. This is what's throwing me off - what is it? Report this Post to the Staff
pendrak Valued Member United States 253 Posts	Posted 01/05/2019 7:01 pm Hi travelcoin- One of my specialties is late Roman AE4s size 5mm to about 11mm so hopefully I can help. Two important factors in identifying these are size and weight. Just from the pictures provided I am leaning toward barbarous on both at this time. Barbarous is not necessarily bad if you can identify which barbarians minted them. LOL. Size and weight will help. Coin one- Elf ears on obverse. Size and weight might help on the reverse. Coin two might be a "two victories" type reverse- hard to tell from the pic. The obverse portrait is quite detailed so if it is not barbarous, I am thinking Valentinian II, Theodosius, or Arcadius. The big eye and possible blundered legends look a bit barbarous to me- Just my opinions Report this Post to the Staff
travelcoin Pillar of the Community United States 1120 Posts	Posted 01/06/2019 11:04 am Pendrak, thank you for taking a shot at this, I don't have the size and weight. I like trying to solve hard to identify Romans (just got two today and one was Arcadius). These two busts were completed "off", so yes they may be barbarous issues - very good hypothesis. Report this Post to the Staff
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