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 Posted 02/07/2015  5:30 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add markbaer to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Here are the next 6!

I can read '-NVSAVC?PI'.

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 Posted 02/07/2015  5:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Medieval to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Antoninus Pius I assume.
Can read "...ONINVS PI-V? P..."
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 Posted 02/07/2015  6:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Are you doing any of your own research on these coins? It seems to me that you are not and just want us to do the work for you. There is enough research material here that would give you hours of study and the ability to ID these coins by your self. We don't mind helping, but it's starting to fell like we are being taken advantage of. Here is the link again to a downloadable book that will help you ID every coin that you have posted. http://www.dirtyoldbooks.com/eric.html
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 Posted 02/07/2015  6:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's Antoninius Pius.
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 Posted 02/07/2015  6:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add markbaer to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry echizento, I'll take the hint and stop posting these. I was sort of hoping that it'd be entertaining for those that know these coins (similar to your other thread, but probably much more basic).
FWIW I have been trying, and I have been going through ERIC. It's not so clear to a novice though. E.g. Septimius Severus has 75 obverses, 345 reverses, and 200 types, and 4 mints. Trying to match up the images in ERIC is also daunting - for Sept Sev. there are 10 busts, and 200 types. I'm still at the point where I'm trying to read the darn letters properly. I guess my 'wants' in terms of buying ancient coins is larger than my brain is at processing them...so maybe that's a good hint for me to slow down, or maybe just switch to buying fewer more pricey coins. Also FWIW, I'm not trying to make any sort of profit out of these...I simply like the idea of having a large collection of varied ancient coins. When I find out who they are, I enjoy reading about them more (rather than reading about the characters first, and then finding the coins).
Anyway, apologies, I'll stop posting these! I can entirely understand how these could be annoying, 6 strings of posts every night! (I stopping thanking everyone in each thread to avoid it coming to the top of the pile and bugging everyone)
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02/07/2015 6:52 pm
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'echizento' didn't say that you should stop posting these in general. But rather that you should be able to determine a lot of them yourself and post only those you have difficulties with (after having had a look yourself).
My guess would be that by now you should be able to easily attribute at least half of that bunch you bought. Having done that, there will be others which you will easily attribute with the experience you gained.
But there will be some which will still be difficult for you and the members here will be glad to help with those.
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Thanks Medieval. It's true, I think (or hope) that I have somewhat improved. I had divided them into my own basic 'types' - 'boyish looking', bearded, the ladies, those that seem to have a 'long' or 'fat' neck, interesting/non-standard reverses, those with crowns, early/republic coins, ?greek coins, etc. so most of the categories are still untouched.
I'll put the current ones aside and pull them out down the road at some point when I've gained more experience. I've got another large batch of 'uncleaned' coins that have been soaking for over a year now at various stages - I might spend some time cleaning them again.
Thanks for everyone's help though!
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 Posted 02/07/2015  8:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I don't mean for you to stop posting, what I would like you to do is to get use to using the reference material available and learn what the different emperors look like and to learn how to read the legends. Half the fun in collecting these coins is to be able to find out who they are on your own. This is the way I learned and I bet most of the others here also. By all means if you are completely stuck and have no idea who it is post it here. No of us here know all there is to know about these coins, that's why we are always referring back to our reference material. We are always glad to help, but you need to do some of the basic work on your own. The sticky thread in the section on Books, Downloads and Websites contain a vast amount of that material. Look through that section and you will learn a lot.
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 Posted 02/09/2015  07:35 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MichaelS to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Markbaer - I'm a novice who can't afford bulk coins like you can, but wishes to become better at identifying coins. I'll gladly try to identify some of your coins for you in the future (although I have some coins left to identify for someone else on this forum, so I'm not sure how fast I will be). Shoot me a PM and we'll exchange email adresses. These images are pretty clear - I can work with it.
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 Posted 02/09/2015  08:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You don't need books to attribute Roman coins.

A large percentage of Roman coins can be attributed using the VCOINS and Wildwinds websites.

A new reprint copy of Sear's 1981 single volume
'Roman Coins and Their Values is a good book resource for a beginner. I was using the 1974 edition until it fell apart with over use.
I have a full set of R.I.C., but I don't use it very much; I go to Sear's book instead.
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