zaneman

There is some crud on the back I'm working on, so I'll post the reverse when I can. Here is a picture of the obverse.

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zaneman

The diameter is about 15 millimeters

Skylark

looks roman, can you post the other side?

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Mikjo0

Your coin is most likely a bronze of Constantius II from 337-361 AD,son of Constantine The Great.I think the inscription is: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS AVG, draped & cuirassed bust right.The first part stands for Flavius Julius.
It would help a lot if you could show a photo of the reverse though.

zaneman

The inscription looks exactly as you listed, here is a picture of the reverse. It has some crud on it, and I'm not sure how I am going to remove it. Thinking about a q-tip and some acetone, but I'd like to know if this is a valuable coin before proceeding. Here is a picture of the reverse. There are two soldiers on the reverse, which is hard to tell from the scan.

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Mikjo0

That's the right reverse for this coin,two soldiers standing holding spears, shields, and two military standards between them, probably the most common reverse design on Constantius II coins.The inscrition should read GLORIA EXCERCITVS,when you get it further cleaned.Nice coin!

zaneman

Do you happen to know if it has any value? I found it in my room, so it must have come from somewhere. I'm honestly not sure how it got here. I'm guessing it was in a box of coins or something I had lying around.

mmarotta

Unless your room is the site of an ancient fort or one of the oldest known churches, then this is probably as common as you think it is. These Constantines are $1 junk coins, even when cleaned. If you are a real aficianado for the period, and you know the family history, have the books, put the maps up on your walls, read Julian the Apostate at bedtime, and all that, then fine. Otherwise, you are trying to breathe life into a numismatic corpse.

In fact, I recommend that you do read the history of this period. See if there is anything compelling to you. Most of us find it a disappointing and downward slide. The eastern Roman empire does not recover until the time of Justinian and Belisarius. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belisarius
However, I have met at least one collector who had a real passion for the late Roman empire, so enjoy your preferences.

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Mikjo0

Mike is right about the value of some of these little bronze coins.I am trying to put together a set of all the Roman emperors that I can (85 so far) and don't think I've paid more than $12 for even the cleanest strikes with fully legible inscriptions, but I can't afford to buy gold or silver coins of each.They're nice to own for the history but not really for investment.

hajdisaur

can someone help me to find out something obout the coin i have??? http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/8...icglava6rb.jpg

Bonedigger

Looks kinda like mine. 1796-1820 or so. (emp. Chia Ching) check-out the thread.

http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.p...hlight=chinese

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hajdisaur

Can you tell me what would be the price on market for this coin

Bonedigger

I was told in the $15-$30 range, depending on the condition of course.

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ccg

Kang Hsi, 1662-1722 (I those those are the dates). Would need to see other side to put a value on it. Commons would be $2 or so.

$15-30 would have to be a pretty scarce cash coins, few are worth more than $5