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Bedrock of the Community
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Here's the second coin. It appears to be only a portion of what it once was. Size is about 3/4" wide x 1/2" high   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by jessvc1
07/15/2012 6:08 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thisw last coin looks Roman, possibly Tetricus but that is only a guess
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thanks jessvc1, it does look similar. I will continue to look for this one under Islamic Abbasid. I might get lucky and actually ID this piece.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I almost want to sat the second coin is a tetritus I
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Here's #3. I had to shoot this on on an angle to try to bring out the detail. Straight on the photos looked like a lump of dark metal. It's about 1/2" dia. I doubt anyone can ID these, just trying to see if they are worth keeping.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Reverse Inscription looks like VIRTVS AVGG
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The third looks like a vows in wreath reverse.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You have x-ray vision, I don't see a thing on the back.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you're going to sell the entire lot, let me know and I might be interested.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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VOT X X MVLT XXX, four lines in wreath.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I was wondering, if all the coins really were found in excavation work in Israel, how a Tetricus I (Gallic empire) coin would end up there. Interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallic_empire br / Recently I purchased some coins said to have been found in Hungary, which the former Roman province of Pannonia mostly comprised. I noted that there were no coins of the Gallic empire era amoungst them. Of course sellers choose what to include in a lot, but I would not expect to find coins of the Gallic empire ending up outside of it, in Pannonia. The "Virtus Augg" coin brought this to mind again. |
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Gil-galad and jessvc1 just sent you both an email.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Masis, your guess is as good as mine as to where they originated. All I know is where I bought the coins and the story he gave me about them coming from dig sights in Israel. I expected far more than I got and never ordered from him again.
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I don't think it takes much imagination to think that coins from any one area of the Empire might end up in another. I have a coin stuck in Spain that was found in Isreal and still other coins struck in Greece found in the British Isles. If nothing else, the movement of legions would transfer coins from one end to the other.
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