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well no offense intended- but to make an ID you need to be able to read the legends on the coin. From the portraiture- This guy has two possibilities- they were brothers- Crispus, or Constans What is the dimensions of the coin? That might help -The coin is a common type during the Imperial period of late 300 AD years- I would say- but that is as far as I can go. Even with portraiture, you still need to have legends. This coin must have some significance for you-? Habiru001--Knight of the Coin Table #28
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If you're after a general guide to attribution, I'd recommend the earlier, single-volume editions of the Sear catalogue. It's where I started out with identifying Roman. I wouldn't recommend the latest edition for a beginnner unless you were certain of your interest in Roman, as it's currently four hardcover volumes and counting (the fourth hasn't been released yet) and you have to pay for shipping hardcover books from Britain - they retail here in Oz for around AU$200 each!
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Ouch, I don't have a huge interest in Roman coins.
I like the wow factor they have and the history to them, I have about 10 of them and only 3 of them are unidentified and I don't think I want anymore.
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The legends look too corroded to read; I can't make out enough to get anywhere. From the style, it can be dated to c. 330-390. Crispus or Constans certainly are possibilities.
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The obverse legend starts out DN VALEN... before disappearing. There were a couple of emperors named Valens or Valentinian.
The reverse type is a soldier (presumably the Emperor) holding a labarum (a legionary standard with the Christian Chi-Ro symbol) and dragging a captive behind him. The legend is hard to read through the plastic, but the usual legend for the type is GLORIA ROMANORVM. Can't make out the mintmark at the bottom, either.
In the catalogue (Sear 3rd ed.), Valentinian I (364-375 AD, S#4002) and his brother Valens (364-378 AD, S#4017) both issued coins of this type.
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Thankyou for the help. Appreciate it.
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Originally posted by habiru001
well no offense intended- but to make an ID you need to be able to read the legends on the coin. From the portraiture- This guy has two possibilities- they were brothers- Crispus, or Constans What is the dimensions of the coin? That might help -The coin is a common type during the Imperial period of late 300 AD years- I would say- but that is as far as I can go. Even with portraiture, you still need to have legends. This coin must have some significance for you-? Habiru001--Knight of the Coin Table #28
How does one tell the denomination? The three unidentified ones I have a much smaller then the other ones I have. This coin has no real significance to me. I picked up three unidentified when I first started collecting. My interested moved elsewhere, but I still loved the history behind them so I bought a few identified coins. Well that was all before I found this forum. Edited by KLD
04/06/2006 6:59 pm
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The legend on that last one reads CONSTANS P F AVG, Emperor Constans (337 - 350 AD).
What denomination are they? For this time period, frankly, no-one knows. The catalogues just give them size labels: AE1, AE2, AE3 and AE4 are large, medium, small and tiny bronzes respectively. We have no record what the Romans actually called them, apart from "nummus" (Latin for "coin"). A coinage reform recorded as happening in 346 AD introduced a new coin denomination called a centenionalis.
If you post a pic of the other side, we can have a go at reading the mintmark.
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I didn't think they had denominations back then. I was under the impression it was size, weight and metal type.
Thankyou for the atribution, I will try for the reverse side of the last one.
Thanks again.
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