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New Member
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Are these coins worth $35 & help with ID would be great! Thanks Kurt   |
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Pillar of the Community
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The coin on the far left is a Judean "widow's mite". The one next to it is a bronze of Alexander the Great, with a club and bowcase on the reverse. The one in the center is a "two soldiers" bronze of the Constantinian dynasty. I'm not sure what the last coin is, but it looks either Greek or Roman provincial. If the coins are all genuine, I think you did OK.
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Pillar of the Community
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You probably wouldn't be able to flip them and make money at $35, but if you're buying your first ancient coins you could do a whole lot worse.
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New Member
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Thanks, you guys rock!  I really appreciate your help! |
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The $35 isn't a bad price if you intend to keep the coins. The center coin which looks like and Constantine II from the Rome mint along with the last one could be cleaned a bit to bring out more detail. I wouldn't do anything with the other two.
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Pillar of the Community
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What the others said.
The verdigris on the left most coin (and potentially the next) would need to be checked if active or not, but I do not see real problem with it.
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Valued Member
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on the gloria exercitus coin(middle one) I was
thinking of guessing it's constantius II nobc?
HH
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Pillar of the Community
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Methinks 'HawkHybrid' you nailed it.
Looking closer one can recognise 'fL IV' plus some relevant letters from the 'O' onwards.
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Constantine II also used FL and IV as in FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C. The details aren't clear enough for me anyway to say 100%, so it could also be Constantius II. It's going to take better eye sight than mine to say for sure.
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Thanks all, you've been more than helpful! Merry Christmas!
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