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Going To Buy This Ancient: Identify Please!

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I'm quite inclined to buy this ancient. All the info that the seller gives is "CONSTANS 337-350 AD Æ" These are the sellers pictures and I can't get any higher quality ones.

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 Posted 09/13/2017  07:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add museumguy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
RCB,

Check Wildwinds. That's usually my go-to site.

Steve S.

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constans/t.html
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It's an okay coin if it's a 50 cent junk bin piece. I wouldn't pay any more than that--it's a very common issue that has been cleaned too aggressively; not much eye appeal left.
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 Posted 09/13/2017  07:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Biancasdad to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Siscia mint - RIC 185

VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN reverse type

Mint mark dot ESIS dot

I agree with Finn. I saw the listing for this coin. BIN plus ship = $5 not the best value but on the flip side you get a genuine ancient coin that is nearly 1700 years old for the price of 2 scoops of ice cream at Baskin-Robbins
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Inexpensive? Yes.
Desirable? Not so much.
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Righty, so I won't buy it for the $8 they were asking.
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I didn't mean any offense by my comment; I got burned a few times when I fist started in ancients and want to make sure other newcomers are making informed choices they won't regret in a few months. You can get bulk lots of coins just like that one for less than $0.75 per coin. Shoot me a PM - I am working on clearing out the "fluff" in my collection and have a few you might like better.
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