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piratelou New Member United States 36 Posts	Posted 11/09/2014 10:06 am I recently purchased a small collection of Ancient coins to get started in the hobby. Most of the coins I consider "junk coins" so I started cleaning them by soaking them in distilled water and using a hard bristle toothbrush to gently wipe away any crud. In this post you're following me in my small adventure to uncover these dirty coins' identity. You can help by identifying them as I post. Thank you! Before Obverse After Obv -------------- Before Reverse After Rev Report this Post to the Staff

piratelou New Member United States 36 Posts	Posted 11/09/2014 10:23 am Here's another. Interesting how at the bottom inside the circle it seems a face is inside. Before Obv After Obv ------- Before Rev After Rev Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 11/09/2014 10:31 am It is a counter mark. With some research you might be able to identify which. Report this Post to the Staff
piratelou New Member United States 36 Posts	Posted 11/09/2014 10:38 am 3rd entry Before Obv After Obv ---------- Before Rev After Rev Report this Post to the Staff
piratelou New Member United States 36 Posts	Posted 11/09/2014 10:41 am Thanks PishPash! Report this Post to the Staff
Biancasdad Pillar of the Community United States 1045 Posts	Posted 11/09/2014 10:58 am Hi Pirate, Your first coin has reverse type VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN with mint mark SMTSr What we can say for sure is that this coin was minted in Thessalonica and is either Constantius II or his brother Constans Here is a link and an example from Constans just so you can see all of the information with a little clearer example of the type http://www.coinproject.com/coin_det...p?coin=51040 Edited by Biancasdad 11/09/2014 11:04 am Report this Post to the Staff
HawkHybrid Valued Member United Kingdom 183 Posts	Posted 11/09/2014 2:02 pm does the first coin read nobc at the end of the obverse legend? HH Report this Post to the Staff
piratelou New Member United States 36 Posts	Posted 11/10/2014 10:11 am Biancasdad - Thanks for the input! Much appreciated. Hawkhybrid - I can't tell yet. Here's the next coin cleaned with need of ID Before Obv After Obv ------------ Before Rev After Rev Report this Post to the Staff
piratelou New Member United States 36 Posts	Posted 11/10/2014 10:25 am Here's another. This one seems to be cleaning up real well. Many facial details visible on the Obv side. B/O: A/O: -------- B/R: A/R: Edited by piratelou 11/10/2014 10:29 am Report this Post to the Staff
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