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New Member
United States
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Found it in daughters coin box. Any leads would be appreciated. It also looks like it could be a mold but if anyone knows of what that'd be great!   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***Edited by AmberCrosby52692
06/07/2015 7:09 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Old coin yes, Ancient coin, more likely! The first pic maybe of an angel with a staff. The second is definitely a head facing left, but just who's I do not know  Perhaps someone from ancient land will see this and help, also larger pictures would be helpful. |
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 Australia
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It's definitely ancient Roman, a coin type known as a "late Roman bronze". But the reverse figure is no "angel"; that's the emperor, dragging a captive by the hair. Something like these coins of Valentinian. 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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Moderator
United States
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 to the community Your coin is a Late Roman Bronze (LRB). most likely Valentinian or Valens. I'm moving this thread over to the Ancient/Medieval coin section for more information. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You really found that?! Nice find. It's probably only worth a two or three dollars, but I'd take one of those over a cent or a dime any day. Pardon me for pointing this out, but when handling coins, please hold them by the edge to prevent oils in your fingers from damaging the coin, like this:  And to the community! |
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United States
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Ancients are not like modern coins, you don't have to worry about how you hold it.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1269 Posts |
This is part of why I like ancient coins so much, you get to hold them in your hands. Just holding a coin like that makes one think of all of the other hands it has passed through in its 1600 + year history.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I didn't know that. Why don't you need to be that careful?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Nearly all ancient coins have been buried for a long time. Over the years and particularly bronze coins, through chemical reactions between the coin and minerals in the soil the surfaces build up a patina that is pretty tough. You're not going to damage it with fingerprints.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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an interesting place to find a roman coin!
i better to check in my kids piggy banks...maybe there is something good in there!
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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As said above, its a GLORIA ROMANORVM (Glory of the Romans/Emperor dragging a barbarian captive), but ill add that this one is Valens, not Valentinian - you can tell by the length of the legend and where it breaks. The legend here is not long enough to support Valentinians name (here it says DN VALENS PF AVG which roughly translates to 'Our pious and fortunate Lord, Valens Augustus', Augustus being a title which all emperors took).
And its fine to handle this how you please - just dont try to bend it.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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In 2010 I was a volunteer excavator at the Roman fort at Vindolanda in England. During my two weeks digging I was fortunate enough to find four Roman coins. The dig supervisors told us to put the coin in the flat of our hand when holding it so that we wouldn't drop it or lose it.
Paul Bulgerin
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