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Ancient Id, Roman? Where Do I Start?

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 Posted 11/26/2017  3:36 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add SomethingIsFishy to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Just got this one, I think it's Roman, but that's just a guess... I appreciate your help!!
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I don't even know if it's real...
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 Posted 11/26/2017  3:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add svnhson to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hello Somethingisfishy.
Your coin appears authentic to me, and is a follis of the Eastern Roman Emperor Constantius II (Constantine the Great's eldest surviving son who became an emperor) who reigned from 337 to 361 A.D. The reverse is the common "Fel Temp Reparatio" ("Happy Days Are Here Again") showing a Roman soldier spearing a fallen barbarian horseman. I can't quite make out the mint but it may be Constantinople.
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 Posted 11/26/2017  3:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SomethingIsFishy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow, thanks for all of that information! Very cool!
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 Posted 11/26/2017  5:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SomethingIsFishy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Ok, next question... should I use a bit of Verdi-care on this coin? It seems to have a bit of green on the obverse...
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 Posted 11/29/2017  04:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add maridvnvm to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think that the attribution you have is pretty accurate so far.
The green on the obverse does not look to be bronze disease and appears stable. Most people will leave well alone.
I think that with the photos you have we can narrow the attribution down slightly further. You can make out that there is a dot in the centre field.


Constantius II - AE3
Obv:- D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
Rev:- FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, Helmeted soldier to left, shield on left arm, spearing falling horseman; shield on ground at right. Horseman wears helmet and falls forward reaching towards emperor
Minted in Constantinople (dot //CONS?). 15th March A.D. 351 - Winter A.D. 354 (dating suggested by RIC)
Reference:- RIC VIII Constantinople 121

The question mark above is because I cannot make out the letter(s) following the CONS in exe. This would allow the identification of the workshop / officinal that produced the coin.

Here are a couple of mine from the same issue.

Workshop = IA = 11
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This one is subtly different in that the reverse legend has a different break in it with R-EP rather than RE-P. The R-EP is slightly scarcer but doesn't change the attribution.

Workshop = S (Digamma) = 6
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Hopefully this additional information is of interest.
Regards,
Martin
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 Posted 11/29/2017  10:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add travelcoin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I do a class coin cleaning project with late Roman Coins such as yours. Here is great website you can use to start getting familiar with these types.

http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/home.htm
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 Posted 11/30/2017  8:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SomethingIsFishy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow, I was just looking to confirm that the coin was Roman, but you guys came through with way more info than I expected, thank you so much! I see myself picking up a few more of these in the future...
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