Hello I wanted to share with you my first two ancient coins, they were sent to me by a fellow forum member so @Sallent I thank you greatly for your kindness and generosity I will treasure these two coins to my grave and then give them to my children (which is a very far time away given I'm 14) so basically I will cherish them forever. Thankyou again @Sallent for doing this. Here they are. Constatine II Follis Campgate Reverse No doors 2 turrets one star 307-314 AD This is everything I've learned of this coin if there is anything to add (excluding size and weight) Please add it in the comments for me to learn and add in. Tang dynasty made with bronze from melted down statues of Buddha (I couldn't find too much info on this coin sorry) That's them! Again a big thanks to @Sallent for these coins. Thanks, Jacob
Hopefully these two coins multiply and you end up with a hoard! Now please follow this suggestion - create some way of tracking these coins and the attribution info. Spreadsheet, database, notebook, something! Start now before you have a lot of coins because then it's a chore. Trust me. With my tokens I didn't start until I had about 200...it was a big job.
@Youngcoin here is a thread on the Buddha coin. Yours was originally gifted to me by @TypeCoin971793 , but I've since upgraded this coin and I thought it would be nice to let a newbie have my spare. NOTE I erroneously wrote Tang dynasty when I sent it to you. LOL. I'm still learning my Chinese coins and still get dynasties mixed up sometimes. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/when-a-coin-was-actually-a-charm.297514/#post-2759500 As for the Constantine campgate, also a gift and I've also since upgraded to a higher sample, so I was happy to pass it along to someone who needed it more. I'll let you do the attribution work on it though, don't want to spoil the fun for you. These should be relatively easier to attribute than a Chinese coin. And no need to thank me. Not many people ever want to thank a lawyer for anything anyway, so don't worries. PS: When you grow up and start making the big bucks, and have a nice collection, feel free to pass these on to another newbie.
Your should be able to nail down the approximate mint date and location. Start with the location. The 5[?] letters at the base of the coin's reverse is the mint mark.
Here's a couple of good places to start in your quest to learn about mint marks on Roman coins: http://romanmint.com/mint-marks/ https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Mint Marks
Thank you guys! Jwt and Bing great idea, thank you David! Sallent thank you very much again and I will have fun identifying them! And yes Sallent ill definitely pass coins down to another newbie when I'm older. Gsmionel thank you for the info! Thanks everyone! Thanks, Jacob
A very noble Sallent's attitude! That is how we stimulate the Numismatics in future generations! Congratulations to both of you!
Awesome coins, Jacob! @Sallent is a man of honor. The gift of knowledge will come your way—stick around and learn.
I love your excited enthusiasm Jacob---- It's easy for me to recall how awed I was when I first held an ancient coin in my hands There are so many sources to use to learn about ancients and how to ID and attribute them..... @Valentinian and @dougsmit , among so many others, have wonderful sites. And logging on to FORVM offers a variety of helpful 'tools'
