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paulduffy100 New Member United Kingdom 4 Posts	Posted 10/25/2014 08:40 am Hi, Very new to coin collecting but I've managed to buy a really nice job lot of old British coins. I've managed to identify all of them apart from this coin - which does not look British. I've been looking most of the day but with no luck - does anyone know where the coin is from or what it is? Any help would be much appreciated. * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * To the ancient coin section Report this Post to the Staff

Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 10/25/2014 08:56 am Actually, if I am right it is a British coin - at least in the sense that it was minted in London, but I need a larger picture to be sure. It seems to be a Roman coin with the legend "Constantivs Nob C" () with likely the "Genio Populi Romani" reserve and the mintmark "PLN" (= London) underneath. Please for easier identification purposes take maximum size pictures, without wasted frame space around. () Probably Constantivs I while he was Caesar. Postscript: Hope a moderator sees this topic and moves it to the ancient forum. Edited by Medieval 10/25/2014 08:57 am Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 10/25/2014 09:02 am Roman. Constantius I, reading CONSTANTIVS NOB C on obverse, and likely GENIO POPVLI ROMANI on reverse. Perhaps one of our ancients experts will give a more detailed ID, or you could look through here: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/...ius_I/t.html Report this Post to the Staff
paulduffy100 New Member United Kingdom 4 Posts	Posted 10/25/2014 09:19 am Thanks for the responses. I'll have a look through the recommended site - here are some larger images: Report this Post to the Staff
paulduffy100 New Member United Kingdom 4 Posts	Posted 10/25/2014 6:28 pm I think it could be this one but not 100% - any advice? http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/...VI_95a_T.jpg Constantius I as Caesar, AE Follis, Rome. CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES, laureate head right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANO, Genius standing left, modius on head, chlamys over shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae. Mintmark T star. RIC VI 95a; Sear 14052. Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 10/25/2014 7:20 pm No, the mintmark doesn't match that. The mintmark on your coin is most likely PLN (London) but could also be PLC (Lyon) or PT? (Ticinum). Need good magnification, light and turning/twisting the coin around to be clear about the mintmark. Please note that not every Roman coin is on the Wildwinds website, not every RIC numbers is represented and the RIC catalogue to which the number refers has several thousand detailed pages and it still does not cover every Roman coin. Report this Post to the Staff
bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 10/26/2014 10:57 am Its in pretty bad shape (looks like its been through a rock tumbler!) but it is 100% authentic and identifiable. It took me a while but I can just about make out the letters in the left and right fields, 'S' and 'F'. This means the coin had to have been made in Trier (Germany), its mintmark is 'PTR', the 'PT' is pretty clear when you know to look for it but the 'R' has been squashed beyond all recognition. Your coin is RIC VI Trier 602a, it would have been minted between 303 and 305AD, here is a better quality example: http://stampcircuit.com/Auction_Ite...1967?page=14 Obverse CONSTANTIVS NOB C - Llaureate, cuirassed. Reverse GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI - Genius, naked. S - F in fields, PTR mintmark. At the time this coin was made Constantius was a Caesar and ruled over Britain, France and parts of current day Germany. Report this Post to the Staff
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