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jimmyd13 New Member United Kingdom 39 Posts	Posted 04/05/2017 10:34 am Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/05/2017 12:57 pm Jimmyd have you taken a look at the stick section here titled Books, downloads, and websites? There is a lot of information on how to ID these coins there. Report this Post to the Staff
jimmyd13 New Member United Kingdom 39 Posts	Posted 04/05/2017 1:10 pm Yes - I've spent an hour or two each evening for the last few days reading through a host of links from this site and where they've lead me. I think I've got these two right as later "barbarous radiates" but I have no experience of roman (or ancient) coinage so I'm looking for validation of my own findings. If the posts are too much too soon, I absolutely understand. Report this Post to the Staff
lrbguy Pillar of the Community United States 949 Posts	Posted 04/05/2017 2:20 pm I suspect that the coin on the right is a barbarous radiate. At 15mm it seems to me to be a bit large for late minimus radiates, but others can confirm that. The coin on the left looks to me like a seriously reduced original mint issue, perhaps for Victorinus if I am seeing remnants of "...INVS" just above the forehead. The artwork on both sides is not far from normal mint output. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/05/2017 5:00 pm Some of the entire group could use a cleaning. The are two methods recommended, the first is to soak them in distilled water and the second to soak them in olive oil. I prefer the olive oil, it works much faster than distilled water. The only down side is that the oil tends to darken the coins a bit. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 04/06/2017 01:29 am The one on the right is definitely barbarous. Left is a tough call. The original Gallic issues suffered from horrible artwork and quality control, further complicated by the fact that the Gallic mints were raided when Aurelian reclaimed it. I have a couple that were made with a stolen obverse die and a home-made reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
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