Help With Lrb Ae12, Reverse With Victory And Cross?

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ThisIsFun Pillar of the Community United States 2480 Posts	Posted 08/04/2013 11:20 am Bought a bunch of dirty Roman and Greek coins a few months ago. Soaked in water for weeks then olive oil for a month. Kinda forgot about them. Took a look at a few this morning. This tiny thing caught my eye. Thought it would be somewhat easily identifiable but I can't find it. I'm not adept at the LRBs though. I looked at Warren's site ( http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/ ) and Helvetica's spreadsheets... still not sure what this is. Do any of you recognize the reverse? Is it Victory advancing left, perhaps dragging a captive? I'm not finding similar ones with a prominent cross in the left field. Can't quite make out the legend or mint mark. On the obverse... not much left but the remnants of a nonspecific late Roman bust. 11 x 12mm, 0.9 gm Report this Post to the Staff

Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 08/04/2013 11:30 am SALVS REIPVBLICAE. Victory advancing left, but somewhat off center. Dragging a captive. Report this Post to the Staff
ThisIsFun Pillar of the Community United States 2480 Posts	Posted 08/04/2013 11:51 am Thanks Ben. So that makes it a Valentinian III? (or Galla Placida) I don't see a cross in left field listed on Helvetica's spreadsheet. Losing interest already. Hard to stay excited about this little flyspeck of a coin. Report this Post to the Staff
ThisIsFun Pillar of the Community United States 2480 Posts	Posted 08/04/2013 11:55 am Hmm, looks like there are a few emperors with this reverse. Not sure why they weren't listed on Helvetica's spreadsheet. Found a few possibles on the esty site, including Theodosius, Arcadius, and Honorius. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 08/04/2013 11:57 am With a little bit more soaking you might be able to reveal some of the legend. I think it's Theodosius II. Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 08/04/2013 12:11 pm Id guess Theosodius or Arcadius. If it was Galla Placidia or Valentinian III, then you'd have a reason to be excited! Unfortunately, these are veeery common coins. But a pretty interesting period. Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 08/04/2013 12:15 pm Mint looks to be Nicomedia or Antioch. Report this Post to the Staff
Ancientnoob Pillar of the Community United States 5155 Posts	Posted 08/05/2013 10:41 am My guess would be Antioch mint... I can see blah AN Report this Post to the Staff
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