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I've taken and lighten your images and placed shadow where I thought I might be able to see better, but with you last coin, I think I see "DN---" to begin the obverse legend, and I know I see "---s publica on the reverse legend. The mintmark to me looks like "CONS-". I can't make out what the reverse is, can you?
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I think 4 is Gallienus but work on 5 first.
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5 looks more like CONSS to me and I don't know where you guys get all your luck: By golly, I think Doug is correct. Avery hard Emperor to find if it proves out and I think it will. Congrats. Great pickup for sure. |
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dougsmit- WOW! Great eye! And you are totally correct: It is Hannibalianus. (And I love the fact that the wikipedia image of this emperor is this very coin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibalianus ) So I just got #5 in an uncleand lot. Finally I found something awesome! So any guesses as to what my very worn example may be worth? (I only paid about $4 for it). |
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So any guesses as to what my very worn example may be worth? (I only paid about $4 for it). It is worth much more than what you paid for no other reason than these coins are rare. Can your be cleaned up any without damaging the coin? In great shape like the one Doug linked to, its value is over $1100. But even in poor condition, I think you coin's value is fairly high. Even the poorest quality of this coin listed on wildwinds sold for more then $100. One of these days I will find one. Hannibalianus is one of the few rulers I don't have yet. Again, congratulations. |
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Wow, that's great finding a Hannibalianus in a lot of uncleaned coins. Congrats. That's why I like buying uncleaned lots, you never know what you may find.
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I like buying uncleaned lots, you never know what you may find. It's like a box of chocolates  |
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jwharper- WOW! I had no idea! Honestly, I usually just get a lot of fallen horseman Constantius II coins in lots from this dealer, so this is wonderful news.
dougsmit- Thanks for all the help!
echizento- Thanks! It really is true that sometimes stuff still can be found in uncleaned lots (so long as the middlemen accidentally miss the great coins during their initial sifts. haha).
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SO any more guesses about number 4? I have been looking through Wildwinds for Gallienus, but I have yet to see the particular reverse design of the standing figure facing left and holding scales(?) and a roman numeral "XII" on the right.
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wow nice find Archraz. I need to get some uncleaned lots.
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Great find with the Hanniballianus Archraz  Its always nice when someone finds something rare and unusual. I think Doug is correct and #4 is Gallienus, I think its the same as the below coin:   GALLIENVS AVG - Radiate head rightSALVS AVG - Salus standing right feeding serpent in arms, XII in right field265-267 AD - RIC only lists this coin as having 'XII' in the left field - RIC V part 1, 274a, page 155.During research I found this great site (its where the pictures come from): http://mk.shahrazad.net/gallienus/ Certainly worth adding to favourites for future reference  |
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bobbyhelmet- Awesome! Thanks for all the help! So my coin also does not have anything in extremis. So I presume that it is from Rome (and that is what your link indicated as well). So any guesses as to the value of my coin given its condition?
jessvc1- Thanks!
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So any guesses as to the value of my coin given its condition? Despite it being a rare-ish Gallienus I don't think it would be worth more than a few dollars in its condition. Certainly not as much as the Hannibalianus. |
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bobbyhelmet- Thanks for the info! Yeah, I figured that in this shape it would not be worth more than $10 max. So I paid about $4 for it since it was in the same lot as the Hannibalianus. And I must say that as a guy who tends to just get a lot of Constantius II fallen horseman coins from this dealer, I'm very happy with the variety (and value) of this uncleaned lot.
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