My ancients to be identified with your help,Masters.

My friend got some coins recently and they need to be identified with your help.First one is below.

 

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Byzantine, Justin II and Sophia half-follis

 

Cool lookin' coin (nice eye-appeal with the green patina ... is it really that cool colour?)

Oh, and good job with the ID, THCoins

 

Nearly that color on the pixI got it because of the color in fact...Is it year 4?

 

How about this coin?

 

The obverse clearly shows CONSTANTIUS NOB C. The reverse is a campgate & again you can clearly read the legend. If you go to Wildwinds http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/findstr.html
you can look-up the coin.

 

your justin and sophia half follis is year 6

 

I believe the last coin to be
Constantius II AE3 Cyzicus RIC VII 38. AD 325-326 .
OBV: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust left
REV: PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS, campgate with two turrets & star above, SMKE dot in ex.

 

I see it as year 7. When the top of the letter is curved over it is a 6. Five is open top u and was not used by Justin II according to the Sear Byzantine 361 (page 85) listing except alone as year 5. The 6 numeral was not very long lasting The delta shows it was the fourth officina of the mint at Constantinople. I'm sorry I don't have a Justin II year five to show. Below is a year 6 of officina E (5). There are coins with year GIII and year X but there is no listing for a uIIII confirming the intent of the G was 6.

 

Thank you very much to everybody.

 

This is another one.I reaaly dont know how to thank you all

 

I did also at first, you could be correct. I couldn't tell if it was 6 +1 or 6 with a "rim" fragment...the outer circle is thick above and thin below. now that I look at it again, it doesn't curve at all...so i'll put my money on 6+1 as well.

 

This latest coin is Constantine I, but I am having some trouble fully attributing it. I think it to read:

OBV: CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head right
REV: D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, wreath containing VOT/dot/XX, SMHGamma? in ex.

 

*eit*

 

*edit*

 

The reverse photo should be rotated 180-degrees. Your coin states VOT XX in the wreath. If you type the other partial words into Wildwinds, you will see many coins to which you can compare your coin.

 

Can you help me with this coin please?

 

numiz => wow, your coins always have such a cool greenish-yellow patina (sweet eye-appeal) ...

Oh, and the reverse is quite interesting ("baby got back")

 

Your last coin is Greek. I didn't know it, but was fairly easy to attribute.
On the bust side the lady? seems to be wearing a turreted crown. So this could be Tyche, but not sure. On the other side the text on the rigth reads Apamea : that's a city name.
With these two names it took me 5 minutes and mr Google to tell me that the male satyr who's backside Steve so admired is named Marsyas. And he is playing the double flute, untill he finally lost a music contest from Apollo.
This should give you some headstart in further attribution !

 

Very good detective work THC. I thought the reverse side looked like someone, male or female, playing a double flute. However, I was uncertain of anything else. I have a Roman Republic coin depicting Marsyas, who, by the way, was tied to a tree and flayed alive by Apollo.