Hello again. I just picked up these 3 coins out of a Roman hoard. They look nice, but that is not enough. I surely need your kind and generous assistance to identify and comment on those late bronze Romans. Thanks.. Charles
nice lookin' coins. those should all be pretty easy to attribute, nice legends and mint marks (except the last maybe...clean a bit?). this place has some great excel spread sheets for attribution of LRB... http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm for your first coin, check out the spread sheet "soldiers and standards". you can sort by legend, mint mark, all sort of stuff!
i believe it's diocletian, looks like it would be "IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG" so check the spreadsheet called "iovi-conservatori", that's the reverse type. you can read the "iovi conservat...." on your reverse. if you can clear up the mint mark i see hinding under the dirt you should nail it.
My favorite tool to identify LRB's: http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/home.htm Obviously, this is not a helpful tool for any coin earlier than AD 317 (e.g, Diocletian). guy
yes, that's a great one also! here is the attribution of your first coin...i just finished cleaning this coin tonight, and it's the same as your first coin, dosn't look as good as yours however.
The one I might expect to cause you trouble is the second despite the clear legends. I wonder if these are in fact from a hoard as opposed to assorted field finds. There is almost a century between the earliest and the latest and no two should have been in circulation at the same time due to changes in weight standards.
