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I've been avoiding big coin purchases until I learn more, and this applies 10x to ancients
I've been avoiding big coin purchases until I learn more, and this applies 10x to ancients
I too find this is the best way to work when buying in areas I don't know. Luckily very cheap ancients are not hard to find and essentially your paying for experience more than for the coins themselves when you start out.
I'll try to point you in the right direction for these coins - looking at them, even though the details are not great I would be surprised if we couldn't 100% ID at least one of them.
Coin A: "Victory advancing left" type. I also think I see a 'T' in left field?

Coins B and C are probably too far gone to ID.
Coin D: Also a "Victory advancing left" type, I'm pretty sure I see 'OF' in left field and 'I' over 'dot' in right. The legend is SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICAE. I think this coin is Valens or Valentinian I. Guessing I would prob go for Valentinian I.

Coin E: Shows two victories holding a large inscribed wreath. Inside the wreath it should say something like VOT-V-MVLT-X but I'm not 100% certain. The legend is VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE and this coin should belong to either Decentius or Magnentius. For some reason I have a nagging doubt I'm missing something with this coin, maybe another member can confirm or correct me?

Coin F: Looks to be a GLORIA ROMANORVM "Emperor dragging captive" type. On yours the Emerors hand seems to be on the captives shoulder, not knowing these coins too well I'm not sure if this is important. Maybe a bit of Googling would answer that question. These were made for about 6 Emperors, when I saw your bust I thought Valens or Valentinian I/II but I'm by no means certain of that.

With the above info and coins in hand you may be able confirm what I think is correct or not. Maybe then we can look a bit deeper.






























