old Maybe Roman ? coins

hey watsup fellezs, we all good today i trust.
i got this 2 coins here, came with some coins i purchased. not sure what they are as i never collected these styles of coins, can you guys help me identify these coins and year if possible, and are they worth collecting ,
thanks

 

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Your coins look like they are from the 270s AD. The first one looks like emperor Probus, the second one is Aurelian, I think? (I wasn’t able to make out the legend properly.)
These are coins that are fairly inexpensive, but why not collect them anyway?

 

2nd one I believe is Maximian, co-emperor with Diocletian. I can make out MAXIMIANVS on the legend. First one looks like Probus.

 

ok thank you , will it have any value in another 30 years or so?

 

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ally i dont know who these people are but thanks all the same.

 

These coins are not valuable but make a good keepsake. After all, it's wonderful to hold a piece of ancient history in your hands. Who knows who used these coins - soldiers, merchants, average citizens?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probus_(emperor)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximian

 

I think the first one could be Claudius Gothicus
http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.cg.13

Or a Probus as mentioned earlier

Second is Maximianus, Herculi Invicto AVGG reverse.

The conservation of the coins will not get you too much money in 30 or 50 years. I would collect them for their historical value.

 

But if you hold on to them for another 1,800 years, who knows what they might be worth?

 

wel im just trying to decide if i want them or want to start collecting them, i dont really like the look of them. guess il just stick to collecting Normal coins that i can Read

 

That's why I never sell any coins, I prefer keeping them, in 1000 years I could make a fortune.

 

I agree with @ambr0zie on the second one. The first one is indeed Probus, like svessien said. I can't read the mintmark properly, but it is supposed to be RIC 157, normal cuirassed bust right.

 

waaaa.... yeah dont think this planet will survive that

 

I had the same opinion about 5 years ago. I got some 4th century Roman coins, so newer than yours and I was a little disappointed when seeing that their market value is almost zero. Also I didn't like their overall look, being a modern coins collector and I found it difficult to attribute them.
But after a few years I made a fresh start in ancients and I can say I like them much more than moderns.

 

lol we all wish we could live so long. like that one

 

Those are not investment coins, but still cool.

like others said, definitely Probus and Maximian

 

dont get me wrong, its just not appealing to me, I've had it for a few years now. and just remembered them this week so i taught id find out. but really i dont think i can like them, i buy coins of some value and mainly they must make me want them, but i will just keep it in the family

 

i must say you guys seem to no a whole lot more than i ever will. thank you all for the input

 

Welcome @Rafique . You have two interesting, old coins. They are LRBs (Late Roman Bronzes) and should not be expensive.
You can learn a lot about the coins even when you can not read all the letters. I use acsearch.info to help ID coins. I think I can see AVGG and someone holding Victory on one coin. I searched for these words and got about a thousand hits. One is close on the reverse.

Magnus Maximus Æ Centenionalis. Arelate, AD 383-388. D N MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, Emperor standing left, holding Victory on globe and vexillum; PCON in exergue

Your coin was produced by one of two co-rulers (AVGG) thus the two Gs. He must have been celebrating a victory somewhere.

 

The second coin is Maximianus, the obverse legend is readable.