I have these 4 Dime size coins, all Roman I believe and thats all I know. They were capsuled in a large mix of world coins I just bought. I would appreciate ID.
1. RIC VII 303,S Constantine AE3. 321 AD. CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust right / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Altar inscribed VOT-IS-XX, surmounted by globe with plain vertical lines and diagonals between horizontal lines, three stars above, STR in ex. Sear 16173.
4. Lyons RIC VII 162 Crispus, AE Follis 322-323 AD. IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, cuirassed bust left, holding spear pointing fowards in right hand and shield on left arm / BEATA TRA-NQVILLITAS, globe with lines of latitude and longitude, on altar inscribed VO - TIS - XX, three stars above. C-R across fields. Mintmark PLG. RIC VII Lyons 162.
Thanks for your assistance guys, great help. I`ve printed the ID`s of #1 & 4 So #2 & #3 are not positive ID`s
3. Valens, 364-378 Obv.: D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; Rev.: GLORIA ROMANORVM, Valens advancing right, labarum (chi-rho Christogram standard) in left hand, dragging captive with right, uncertain mint mark in ex.
2. Crispus Obv.: IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, cuirassed bust left, spear across right shoulder, shield on left arm. Rev.: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX, surmounted by globe, three stars above. Hard to make out the mint mark, but maybe PTRdot, Trier mint.
A correction on number 4: this is the laureate, cuirassed bust-right version with legend CRISPVS NOB CAES (no IVL). A scarce bust type for Crispus on the Beata Tranquillitas coins of Lyon.
I'm not at home with my books today but #3 (Valens) is one of the unusual issues with the officina (workshop) number shown in the reverse field ( OF II). This could narrow down which mints are possible and allow style comparisons to make an educated guess as to the mint. Still, most of us would say a coin of this grade is simple a decent looking Valens and let it go at that.
