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weryon New Member Canada 6 Posts	Posted 10/08/2007 9:21 pm I got a few dirty coins the other day and cleaned them a bit , I got these coins as a result, I love them but have no clue from when they where minted to what emperor is on the coin, if you guys and gals could help me it would be greatly appreciated ! coin 1 coin 2 coin 3 coin 4 coin 5 coin 6 coin 7 coin 8 coin 9 coin 10 If anyone could help any of these coins, your help is greatly apresiated ! Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16874 Posts	Posted 10/09/2007 05:19 am Let's see what we can find out... Coin 1: Late Roman bronze, looks like Constantius II (DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG on the obverse), reverse has the Emperor standing holding a spear and globe, legend SPES REIPVBLICAE. I can't make out the mintmark. Here's a similar one on Wildwinds. Coin 2: It's a brass Roman Provincial, also known as "Greek Imperial", from the city of Nicaea-in-Bithynia, just across the water from Constantinople. There are several examples on this Wildwinds page. Obverse is Roman Emperor Severus Alexander, with his name and titles in Greek. The reverse design is three Roman military standards, with the name of the city (in Greek) between and below the standard-poles. Coin 3: Another Greek Imperial (the letter omega, sort of looks like a W, appears on both sides - a giveaway the language is Greek) but I'm less certain of the city of issue of this one. Obverse is an emperor "Antoninus"; there were several who used that name. The reverse says something like "MOIANTWN" or "POIANTWN" - probably the name or part of the name of the city, but I haven't found a match for it yet. Coin 4: Late Roman bronze of Constans (CONSTANS PF AVG), the reverse isn't too clear but probably a GLORIA EXCERCITVS type, with two soldiers holding a standard, like this one. Coin 5: Another Late Roman Bronze, this one of Constantine II Caesar, mintmark PLON (London mint), obverse CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, reverse BEATA TRANQUILLINVS or similar, showing altar inscribed "VOTIS XX". Here's an example from Wildwinds. The rest to be tabled as soon as I can finish looking them up... Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16874 Posts	Posted 10/09/2007 06:04 am Coin 6: a Late Roman Bronze "anonymous city commemorative", issued during the period of civil strife in the 330's AD when it wasn't clear which side was going to win; therefore in some mints these coins were made without naming or showing a particular claimant to the throne. Obverse shows a helmeted Roma (VRBS ROMA), reverse the She-Wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, mythical founders of Rome. Mintmark looks like SMHS (Heraclea mint) or something similar. Example. Coin 7: Another Late Roman Bronze. Ths one doesn't have much of the emperor's name left, but from the reverse type "VOT XX MVLT XXX", it was someone who was around for at least 20 years. Probably something like this one of Constans. Coin 8: Ditto; this one's from someone whose name begins with "CONSTAN"... which, for an LRB, doesn't really help much; could be Constantine, Constans, Constantius... I can't tell. Reverse type would be FEL TEMP REPARATIO ("happy days are here again"), showing a soldier spearing a fallen horseman. This one is of Constantius II. Coin 9: Much the same as the one I linked to above for Coin 8. Coin 10: Even with brightening the pic up, I still can't make out who's on the obverse, but I think the titles end in NOB C, making it a caesar or junior emperor. The reverse is GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers with two standards, mintmark SIS (Siscia). This one on Wildwinds is much the same, in the name of Constantine II Caesar. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
weryon New Member Canada 6 Posts	Posted 10/09/2007 10:17 am Sap I thank you for all your information , it is greatly apresiated. if you think you could ID a coin with a high rez sacan I can send a few Thanks again ! Edited by weryon 10/09/2007 10:22 am Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/09/2007 12:57 pm Sap, I have to be quicker, you beat me again. Ron Report this Post to the Staff
Victor Pillar of the Community United States 914 Posts	Posted 10/14/2007 7:33 pm Coin number 4 is VICTORIAE D D AVGG Q N N, two Victories facing each other holding wreaths similar to the one below http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/...viii_185.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
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