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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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could you take some photos out of the envelope?
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Moderator
 United States
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Need clearer pictures, from what I can see these are all common LRB (late Roman bronze) coins with limited value.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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What are early Roman coins made from? Jeff
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The thing is...I have a box full of old Roman coins some in flips, some loose, and I don't know much about them. Jeff
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Coins made from copper, bronze, brass, silver and gold.
Post your coins (one coin per thread) in focus and the right way up. If you can, take them out of the flips. Give measurement of diameter in mm and weight in grams if you can. A lot of us like attributing coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ok thanks but I've probably only got the common Roman coins like he said. Jeff
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Australia
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These three are "late Roman bronzes".
Top one is a FEL TEMP REPARATIO soldier-spearing-horseman type, from an emperor whose name begins with CON - probably Constantius II.
Middle one is two Victories inscribing VOT on a shield, Constantine the Great (I can read ...TINVS MAX).
Bottom one is a "city commemorative" for Constantinople, struck in Cyzicus I believe (mintmark SMKY[gamma]). I can't read the mintmarks at all on the other two coins.
As for value, they look undamaged, and probably fully identifiable in hand or with nice clear pics (though the first one might have the mintmark off-flan), but they're fairly common types. Maybe $10-$20 each on a good day? As "unidentified Late Roman Bronzes", they're only worth a few dollars each, so properly identifying them does add value.
As for what they're made of, these ones are bronze. Some "late Roman bronzes" are actually made of very, very dilute silver, or were originally given a silver wash. But these ones weren't.
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
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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I got a Constantius II FEL TEMP REPARATIO issue for $2 from an ancient dealer's junk bin. He's an old Romanian guy who has plenty of cheap ancients from around the world.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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that last coin looks like a pretty nice example of a city commemorative kk77
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