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Pillar of the Community
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These are OK I think, all but the last two can be pinned down to Emperor and mint with pretty tight dates. Maybe lime on the second to last  last one looks like a goner sadly. |
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i went back and looked at the uncleaned lot you posted a while back, some look familair, are those all from that original lot? if so, some of them cleaned up very nice! nothing you can do about that last one unfortuantly.  |
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Nice Judean prutah on top!
Happy collecting!
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Looks like it's going well. The third coin is done - that remaining dirt is a nice added touch which I think looks nice.
Your 4th coin is a Constans (its rumoured to depict him crossing the english channel to visit us Brits). I'm yet to find one of them!
You also got an VRBS ROMA which is a good one - placate the romans when they changed the capital to constantinople.
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Again...thanks to all for helping me with the coins.
Is there any way to pinpoint the time of minting of the prutah?
I'll try and get a few more pics out later today.
I think I have enough uncleaned coins to keep me busy for a while!
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Well done  The details of the Prutah are nice, with the Wheat Ears. The last coin is a puzzle, is it silvery? And so maybe a Billon Antoninianus? Because I could not see any "orange" copper alloy colour underneath it, in which case it would either be a copper coin caked in lime encrustation or a Fourree (plated silver ancient counterfiet). Edited by Masis
01/29/2013 4:06 pm
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Can try some lemon juice to brighten them up.
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Actually, it's barley on the reverse of the Herod Agrippa coin. Corn or Maize didn't make it to Europe until 15th-16th centuries. Herod Agrippa I ruled 41-44 AD. During that time is when the coin was minted. Here is my coin.  Judaea, Agrippa I Æ Prutah. Dated Year 6 = 41/42 AD. OBV: AGRIPA BACILEWC, Umbrella-like canopy with fringes. REV: Three ears of barley between two leaves, date L S at sides. REF: Hendin 553, SGI 5567, AJC II 11 Edited by Gil-galad
01/29/2013 2:58 pm
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