Help with ID

Hi all, thanks for letting me join yourgroup. I'm a huge fan of metal detecting and collecting coins,I've only been collecting coins for a sort time but it's became one of my favourite hobbies. I do buy the odd coin now and then and would like to get ID's on some of the coins from all of the experts out there

 

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Welcome to Coin Talk Dave4457, looks like you have some nice coins, the top one is easy Trajan denarius and the one below that a Roman republican denarius. I will give some of the other members a chance to chime in on the rest. The republican one is this..https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=98987

 

welcome, but..

my neck hurts.

 

Welcome @Dave4457. All or most of these are identifiable, but it would make things much easier if you posted one coin at a time each in it's own thread and with each turned so we don't have to look sideways at the screen. Also, if you have scales, weight and measurement might help.

 

I turned them so they will be easier to look at:

 

1. Trajan
2. RR
3. Lucilla (?)
4. Aelius (?)
4. Domitian

 

Did you find them in Britain (or elsewhere), or did you buy them?

 

RR means Roman Republic. The second coin looks to be:

LUCIUS RUBRIUS DOSSENUS AR silver denarius. Struck 87 BC. Laureate head of Jupiter right; sceptre behind. Reverse - Quadrigal carpentum with small Victory right; L RVBRI in exergue. RCV 258.

This description is from the Incitatus VCoins sale page.

 

Yep, that's it. I just couldn't remember the ID name

 

I figured that with the Internet the OP could ID the rest with a ruler name. RR denarii are a little tougher for someone new to Roman coins.

 

Thanks everybody for your help and input. I don't know much about roman coins and not really sure of value which is a shame as I could have some worth something. These silver coins I bought and I do have a few more but I have found lots Metal detecting with a whites V3I around The Staffordshire area and Wales. I've never found any gold coins but There is still hope

 

Hi Dave, You could go to VCoins.com and enter in the rulers' names and look for similar denarii to get a sense of value. Alas, unless these are rarities, many collectors are either delighted or disappointed to find that ancient coins can often be quite affordable. This is great for collectors, but for detectorists dreaming of buying a Greek island one day, not so much. And value really varies according to grade. The Trajan and RR denarius seem to show good detail and might have a pleasing value. The others look quite worn and thus might have more value to you as historical souvenirs of your detecting afternoons. Perhaps others might see more there than I am though.

 

I agree with @Gavin Richardson. None of these coins will make you rich, and I would hazard a guess that none would command much more that $75 if that (Trajan and Dossenus). I would be more than delighted to find any of these, but the Seminole Indians didn't leave us many Greek and Roman coins here in Florida.

 

Your Trajan seems to be this one, click on link. https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ar...trajan_denarius_116117_ad/839112/Default.aspx

 

#3 is Faustina Jr., I'm pretty sure. #4 looks more like Commodus to me. And #5 could be Domitian, as Bing said, but could also be another Flavian. Do I see "Vesp" at the top of the obv.?

 

kool coins! and welcome aboard

 

Very nice batch of coins there. I am particularly covetous of the RR and the Trajan, but I'd be happy to have them all. Looks like the start to a fine collection.

And it must be nice to metal detect in an area where you can find ancients. An Indian head penny is about as "ancient" as you'll find in my neck of the woods.