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Just Testing: Identification Of These Four Coins

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 Posted 08/27/2016  05:22 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add DL20K to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I am always amazed by people identifying Roman coins which have very little detail visible. So I thought, I'd put that to the test

Here's a lot of four coins:

Just-Testing:-Identification-Of-These-Four-Coins

They're not mine, so I don't have any better image. They're for sale at Vcoins.

To avoid confusion, please refer to them as
#1 - top left
#2 - top right
#3 - bottom left
#4 - bottom right

So, can they be identified, approximately at least?
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 Posted 08/27/2016  08:09 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'll get the ball rolling. My advice to that VCoins dealer: don't always assume they're Roman.

I suspect the upper left coin may of the Vandals, possibly Hilderic. For similar see Noob's thread here: https://goccf.com/t/138934

Lower left looks Byzantine with that large Chi Rho reverse. Echizento is the expert on these here, but the Greek gamma in the reverse left field suggests 3rd officina on a Justinian I pentanummium to me. For similar see:
http://coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=223194

And another: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BYZANTINE...381333107324



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08/27/2016 08:27 am
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First on left looks like Theodosius II, and the third one does appear to be a Byzantine coin of Justinian I. Not idea on theother two.
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1 I would wager is Arcadius or Honorius, CONCORDIA AVG cross type:

http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/010/010i.htm

These are one of my favorite types, because there are some insane rarities hiding out there, and most don't even bother trying to attribute them.

2 needs some cleaning, at least to bring out the legend.

3 I agree is Byzantine.

4 isn't imperial Roman. No official AE4 has two busts, and the provincial issues were rarely that small. The bust style in the first pic looks either Vandalic, or maybe even Celtic... I know spain issued some odd looking tiny bronzes that remained in circulation for centuries.
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