Need some help identifying ancient coin.

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by blue_oxen, Sep 15, 2011.

  1. blue_oxen

    blue_oxen Junior Member

    Any one have any idea what this is?

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    Thanks for your time.
     
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  3. Gao

    Gao Member

    I think it's from the Valentinian dynasty. How much of the writing can you make out on either side in person? It's pretty hard to make much out from the photos.

    And in any case, this site is very useful for trying to figure out late bronzes, particularly when you can't read much of the legends.
     
  4. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    With the spacing of the letters I;d guess Valens, but yeah hard to tell. Looks like Emperor w/ captive on the rev.
     
  5. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    Maybe Constantius II?
     
  6. Eyestrain

    Eyestrain Junior Member

    It's Valens. Emperor and captive reverse. The complete obverse legend is DNVALEN-SPFAVG (Dominus Noster Valens Pius Felix Augustus). The reverse reads GLORIARO-MANORVM (Gloria Romanorum). You can still make out the Chi-Rho on the labarum the emperor holds.
     
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