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I believe the upper center is Kushan. My first thought too. My second thought: an imitative of a Huvishka I, with the elephant facing the wrong way. |
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In the third pair of pics, the coin in the top row at right is a SPES REPVBLICE reverse for Constantius II. I can't make out the mint mark in the present scans.
In the "before-I-hit-the-sack" batch, all but the two radiates are Late Roman Bronzes from the sons of Constantine and later. Too late to get into it now, but I will check back tomorrow and see what mysteries remain by then.
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02/07/2016 5:36 pm
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In the second group, middle column first and second rows are very promising. Center coin is a very, very nice Constantinopolis commemorative--almost museum quality if it wasn't broken. Top row is probably Arcadius or thereabouts; clear portrait are very uncommon for these issues. May or may not be identifiable without the legend; I am not well versed in these.
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on the first pic, the lower left was is also a gadhaiya paisa. the top middle one kind of looks like a kushan imitative coin, they style is kind of like this one on vcoins... https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/in...Default.aspxi recently picked up a lot of about 60 unattributed coins, I've had a blast IDing them. I think per dollar spent, it's about the most fun I've had with coins for a long time! |
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on the first pic, the lower left was is also a gadhaiya paisa. the top middle one kind of looks like a kushan imitative coin, they style is kind of like this one on vcoins... Oops, just realised I overwrote the original pics in the first post so the subsequent replies made no sense. Have changed it back now. Thanks for all your help anyway guys. The one coin someone said was perhaps dubious, I have another similar too. Also one that is perhaps silver/billon.   |
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The bottom left is supposed to be Anastatius I but as I said earlier I have some doubts about it. The next one is a folles of what appears to be Justin I, this one is pretty worn but genuine.
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The silver one I think is an antonianus of Salonina. Maybe this one:
Links removed. Hot linking to Wildwinds doesn't work.
I'm a little rusty on purity in that time frame, but looks like maybe 60-40%.
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02/07/2016 4:01 pm
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In the second group, middle column first and second rows are very promising. Center coin is a very, very nice Constantinopolis commemorative--almost museum quality if it wasn't broken. Top row is probably Arcadius or thereabouts; clear portrait are very uncommon for these issues. May or may not be identifiable without the legend; I am not well versed in these. Ok, doing my first little bit of info hunting and bashing my head against a brick wall with the Constantinopolis Commemorative. None of the reverses seem to match. However I do believe I've had my first success in identifying the top middle one as: Arcadius AE4, 1.40g, 14.0mm Cyzicus 3. officina 28 Aug. 388-15 May 392 obv. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right rev. SALVS REI - PVBLICAE Victory advancing left, holding trophy over r. shoulder, dragging captive with l. field: l. cross-Rho ex. SMK Gamma RIC IX, Cyzicus 26(c); S.4; LRBC. 2578 |
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After going through the rest and finding a few more Radiates (I presume these are the spikey headed ones seen earlier!) I have picked out 2 more interesting Romans and I guess the bottom two are Indian perhaps. The 2 Roman appear to have a building on one and a Chariot & horse on the other.   |
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The "building" is a campgate; essentially a fortress. This is a common, but popular type. I am leaning toward Crispus based on the portrait.
The chariot coin is a posthumous of Constantine the Great, issued by one of his sons. The obverse features Constantine in a funerary robe or cloth; on the reverse he is riding a quadriga and reaching upward toward the hand of God.
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