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Goodwin17 New Member United States 14 Posts	Posted 10/31/2012 8:03 pm I bought these coins about 10 years ago off of ebay. There are 5 total coins, but 3 of them are almost impossible to pick up on any details. I am wondering where they're from, and how old they are. Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance. The first two images are from one coin. The front appears to have the bust of a man on it who has something around his head. I have no idea what the image on the back is. I've never been able to make it look like anything The last image is probably hard to see, but it appears to be a side view of a man with one arm extended out in front of him. The other arm seems to be bending at the elbow behind his head. There was nothing I could even see on the back of this one. Report this Post to the Staff

philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 10/31/2012 8:45 pm The two ends of the hair ribbon on the bust suggest a Georgian British coin, or contemporary counterfeit. The third pic may show a seated Britannia, facing left, also from the same period. Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 10/31/2012 8:52 pm Actually both are Roman and the first is a coin of emperor Constantius II with a soldier spearing a fallen horseman reverse and the third photo is of a reverse showing the emperor standing and holding a globe and spear. Both from around 340s-350s AD. Edited by VisigothKing 10/31/2012 8:54 pm Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 10/31/2012 9:04 pm Oh well. Guess that says something of the neo-classical tendencies of 18th century coinage. Report this Post to the Staff
Goodwin17 New Member United States 14 Posts	Posted 11/01/2012 5:34 pm Thank you so much for helping me! Report this Post to the Staff
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