Help With Coin Identification Coin Embedded In Ring

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rkabota New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 09/13/2022 2:47 pm I purchase lots of jewelry in auctions, and I came across this ring with a coin in it. I will get it removed by a jeweler to ultimately melt the gold, but I was hoping to identify what the coin is. I know it is hard to see, but hopefully this image will be enough. Thank you and take care. Edited by rkabota 09/13/2022 8:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 09/13/2022 3:10 pm Too dark to make out much of anything, at least to me. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
collector.detector Pillar of the Community United States 505 Posts	Posted 09/13/2022 3:15 pm Seems to be a common Late Roman bronze coin. Perhaps Constans - Like this - https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces175775.html I would keep it in the ring and sell it as is. Report this Post to the Staff
erafjel Pillar of the Community Sweden 2124 Posts	Posted 09/13/2022 3:16 pm A 4th century Roman bronze coin, possibly showing Constantine II (could also be someone else). More than so is hard to tell, I think, without any of the surrounding inscription. The coin looks like it has been cut to fit into the ring, which makes it worthless. But to CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
rkabota New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 09/13/2022 3:24 pm I guess I need to figure out if the ring is as old as the coin. It is 18k, so probably not. The stamp looks odd and not recent, so I am not really sure I guess. I hope the coin is not cut, and if the ring has no value as a ring since I paid gold melt value for the lot, I will probably have the coin removed carefully, if possible, just to find out if it has been cut. Wow, so many great replies. This forum seems really good and very nice people the first time here, so thank you so much for the help. Edited by rkabota 09/13/2022 3:25 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 09/13/2022 3:56 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 09/13/2022 7:06 pm @rka, first welcome to CCF. Second, could you please post a pic of the hallmark? Thx. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
JohnConduitt Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 725 Posts	Posted 09/13/2022 7:46 pm I would think the coin has been cut as there's no room for legends. Edited by JohnConduitt 09/13/2022 7:48 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 09/13/2022 9:23 pm It almost certainly will not be an ancient ring; an ancient bronze coin stuck in a ring would have turned all green and crusty all around the gold It simply wouldn't have cleaned up this nice. There is an industry, in the middle east (Iraq in particular, I believe), of taking genuine but cheap and common ancient coins, filing them down until they're nice and round, and inserting them into jewellery items like this, and selling such pieces to tourists. I have an ancient Iraqi coin that someone has treated in this way. The coin is... less than desirable now, because of the filing done to it. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
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