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Pillar of the Community
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Well, the reverse design certainly matches a barbarous coin.
A small bit of provinance would sort it out - if found in England, its definitely a Barb (very very few late romans made it to Britannia)
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I have put the small coin under water and light swept the surface... don't want to harm the coin. It still has a lot of sand and it's hard to see the detail. No sign of radiate but it appears to be laureate bust facing right - also appears to have marks in right field... a larger upside down you with somewhat square edges and a large I next to that. I am familiar with coin restoration with US coins but not ancients... any suggestions on how to remove more of the sand? |
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First off - use distilled water. Regular water contains chlorine ions which bond to the coin and produce hydrochloric acid which degrades the coin (this is Bronze Disease).
I suppose get a Q-tip wet and lightly move in small circles around the bust area and more sweeping to get the legend out.
As soon as you see the letters, stop.
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Pillar of the Community
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coin 2 is absolutely byzantine, I think it is justin i...but could be wrong.
his are usually...
DN IVSTINVS PP AVG
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The second coin is a AE 16 nummi of Justinian I from the Thessalonica mint S# 175.
Edited by echizento
01/31/2013 8:49 pm
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I also believe the next coin is Justinian I, but it's difficult to say for sure because the obverse detail isn't too clear. It is a pentanummium from the Antioch mint reign year 12.
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Hi in my opinion last coin is a LEO I ae 4.what do you think?
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Pillar of the Community
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Here is another Leo I AE4 at Wildwinds.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Well, I still think its probably too small and crude to be official, 7.5mm is very small, even for these later coins - maybe an imitation of that coin like this vandal minim:  Jango knows a lot about these later coins, would like to know his thoughts, not sure how definite the line between official and unofficial is either, it may be almost impossible to say either way if this is borderline. Edited by bobbyhelmet
02/01/2013 04:25 am
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however I was right with Leo I.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Certainly looks like it, and the reverse also  Care to take a look at these for me? https://goccf.com/t/139844The first coin still has me puzzled. |
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I appreciate everyone's help. I do think the last coin is a Leo I ae4. The second coin is a Justinian I S175 AE 16, the fourth appears to be a Trajan Large SC, SC within Oak Wreath, which leaves only coin # 3 as vague at this point. Could well be Pentanummium but I can not identify further. Thanks all!!
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I do think the last coin is a Leo I ae4. Hey, its your coin, as long as your happy This vcoins sale sums it up pretty well I think: http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/anc...Default.aspxI think its more interesting if it is barbarous, less common than the real thing, I hope yours cleans up well, let us know. |
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So I took a soft wet cotton swap and softly rubber the coin. Didn't remove a lot of the sand but some. Here are updated pictures.   |
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