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atlashealth Pillar of the Community United States 1691 Posts	Posted 12/05/2006 11:07 pm Who can help me identify and value this ancient Roman coin? Image: ~LWF0002.jpg 34.65 KB Image: ~LWF0003.jpg 32.07 KB Report this Post to the Staff

Spider5689 Pillar of the Community United States 2269 Posts	Posted 12/05/2006 11:55 pm Can you post a better picture. It may be my computer but all I see is the top half. The bottom half is dark. Report this Post to the Staff
Spider5689 Pillar of the Community United States 2269 Posts	Posted 12/05/2006 11:55 pm What I'm talking about is the obverse not the reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 12/06/2006 02:17 am It's from Emperor Diocletian, who ruled 284-305 AD (the obverse legend reads IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG) and is what is known as a "pre-reform radiate". Shortly after he became emperor, Diocletian began to reform the coinage; coins of this type were only issued up to ~295 AD. It's hard to make out the particular reverse type, but I think I can read "...SERVAT..." across the top, with two figures standing facing each other as the design; Best fit sounds to me like this one, found on Wildwinds: I can't say it's an exact match; there were several similar-but-different types and subtypes with much the same theme. Looks to me like the Greek letter in between the standing figures on yours is "B". Can't help much with value; my nice shiny new volume III of the Sear catalogue stops just before Diocletian (Volume IV isn't out yet). My very old (1980!) catalogue doesn't list this particular type, but similar types (eg. #3414, 3424) list at £14 for "typical" condition. Ball-park figure for yours? $5 to $20 seems reasonable to me. 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
atlashealth Pillar of the Community United States 1691 Posts	Posted 12/06/2006 8:25 pm quote: Originally posted by Sap It's from Emperor Diocletian, who ruled 284-305 AD (the obverse legend reads IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG) and is what is known as a "pre-reform radiate". Shortly after he became emperor, Diocletian began to reform the coinage; coins of this type were only issued up to ~295 AD. It's hard to make out the particular reverse type, but I think I can read "...SERVAT..." across the top, with two figures standing facing each other as the design; Best fit sounds to me like this one, found on Wildwinds: I can't say it's an exact match; there were several similar-but-different types and subtypes with much the same theme. Looks to me like the Greek letter in between the standing figures on yours is "B". Can't help much with value; my nice shiny new volume III of the Sear catalogue stops just before Diocletian (Volume IV isn't out yet). My very old (1980!) catalogue doesn't list this particular type, but similar types (eg. #3414, 3424) list at £14 for "typical" condition. Ball-park figure for yours? $5 to $20 seems reasonable to me. Thank you...that's a very thorough and professional analysis! Edited by atlashealth 12/06/2006 8:26 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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