FFIVN has had a great start to 2020 thanks to a couple of very generous members who wanted to help him along with his growing ancient collection and identification skills. He even got some beautiful French coins to add to his world coin collection! We have been working together over the last week or so to get them all properly identified. We had some challenges with a couple but I think we ended up doing well in the end. He would like to share them with everyone so here they are: Gallienus AR Antoninianus Rome mint Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right Reverse: MARTI PACIFERO, Mars standing left, holding olive-branch, spear and shield, A in left field. Claudius II AE Antoninianus Rome AD 268-270 Obverse: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right Reverse: PROVIDENT AVG, standing left, legs crossed, leaning on column, holding baton and cornucopiae, globe at foot. Officina mark XII in right field. Probus AE Antoninianus Cyzicus mint 280 AD Obverse: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: CONCORDIA MILITVM, Victory standing right holding palm, presenting wreath to emperor standing left, holding spear; officina letter between. XXIMC below. Constantine I AE follis Rome, AD 312-313 Obverse: IMP C CONSTANTINVS PF AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right. Reverse: SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI, Sol standing right, head left, chlamys hanging from behind from his right shoulder, holding globe and raising right hand. Mintmark RS Constantine I AE follis 325-326 AD Obverse:: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head right. Reverse: PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG, campgate with two turrets and star above. Mintmark SMKA dot Constantine II AE follis 325-326 AD Obverse: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left Reverse: PROVIDENTIAE CAESS dot, campgate, two turrets and star above. Mintmark MNΓ. Constantine II AE follis Obverse: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG. rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: GLORIA EXERCITVS, two helmeted soldiers standing facing each other, each holding a spear and shield, one standard between them. Mintmark SMTSA Constantius II AE Follis 330-348 AD Obverse: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Reverse: GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers holding spears and shields with two standards between them, dots on banners Mintmark SMKA. Constans AE4 Obverse: CONSTANS-PF AVG, laureate and rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Reverse: GLORI-A EXER-CITVS, two soldiers holding spears and shields with one standard between them. Mintmark: SMTSΓ Gratian AE 17 Obverse: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Gratian standing right, holding labarum inscribed with Chi-rho and holding captive by hair; Q left, K P right. Mintmark ΔSISCR
Valentinian II AE4 Obverse: DN VALENTINI-ANVS PF AVG, diademed draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: VICTOR-IA AVGGG, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm. Mintmark ASIS And a beautiful Greek coin. This was difficult but hopefully we got it right! Thrace, Mesembria Circa 450-350 BC AE 20mm Obverse: Helmet right Reverse: MESEM-BRIANWN, wheel 20th century French coins: Again, I just want to extend a huge thank you to everyone on the forum for your generosity. FFIVN and I have had a blast together working to identify them!
Nice! FFIVN is doing some great work there with the attributions and building up quite the collection. I may be wrong but think I see IMP CLAVDIVS AVG on this one?
