hi, i have recently found this coin metal detecting if anyone could help me identify the roman coin it would be very greatly appreciated regards
The legends are incomplete and the mintmark is off the flan, so this is the best I can do. Probably Constantius II as Augustus; billon reduced centenionalis -- GLORIA EXERCITUS reverse type with one standard between the soldiers. Unknown mint. Something like this:
thanks for the help the front of the coin is definitely the same, however i do believe that the obverse might be slightly different as the box at the top on the back looks like it has something different in it
Yes. Yours has an I. I lack that one but have M, Y and a Chi-Rho and know there are others. Since the three brothers names started with CONSTAN--- and since the mintmark is missing, we have done about all someone of my level could do here. I don't know the series well enough to know which men or which mints used an I.
At this time... it would have either been Constans or Constantius II. I think the space allowed for the hard-to-see part of the legend makes me lean toward Constans. The legend would be CONSTANS PF AVG. One-standard GLORIA EXERCITUS coins with an "I" on the banner were apparently minted at either Lyons (mint marks PLG, Palm branch PLG, or SLG) or Arles (mint marks PARL or SARL). Since your mint mark is off flan, we cannot tell which mint your coin is from but it's one of the two. These were minted 346-348 AD. Source, Soldier's and Standards spreadsheet here: http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm
thank you very much for the help it definitely looks like one of the 2 roman emperors, personally i think its Constantius the 2nd with the coin dating from 337-341 ad what else makes you think it is constans?
As OJ mentioned, the available space to the right side of the head isn't large enough to support a longer legend after the break. We also can't see any evidence of a NTI on the left before the break as in Roman Collector's example. So for it to be Constantius II with this left side, the legend would have to be CONSTA - NTIVS PF AVG versus the shorter CONSTA - NS PF AVG And based on what we can see in the right, the AVG, and knowing there is a PF before that, Constans appears to be a great suggestion.
I think that it is probably Constantius II RIC VIII Lyons 26 circa A.D. 340 compare with the coin below. plenty of room for the legend, it's just off the flan. Plus Constantius II is very common while Constans is rare for this issue. another example
thank you very much for the help id say the bottom picture of the 2 coins is identical to my coin does that coin also date 337-341 ad and is it Constantius the 2nd? regards
Yes, both coins that I posted are Constantius II from the same issue (RIC VIII Lyons 26) and the same date range.
