Hello! I have several ancient Roman coins that I spent days and days cleaning...It was fun, though Anyways, I have identified some, but some just don't have enough on them to identify. This coin is one of those. Please let me know what coin this is. Thanks Obverse (bust facing right) Reverse (one small person on the left; one larger person on the right; look like a knife or something between them?)
The reverse is the "FEL TEMP REPARATIO", "Soldier spearing fallen horseman" type described on this site. I can't tell if there's any readable legend on the obverse or not so I'm not sure if it can be identified further but someone here who knows more about these types may be able to help
Thanks That helped a lot! But no, the obverse does not have any readable legend and only a faint outline of a bust facing right can be identified on the obverse.
you can use the field mark to help ID. On the reverse in the left field it looks like an "N" though there are other possibilities. Go to this site - http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm and go down to FEl TEMP REPARATIO Soldier spearing horseman and download the excel sheet and use the filter to help you ID.
I believe the coin has an M in the reverse field which means it is a smaller, later version. Frequently these M's are not perfectly formed and can be seen as N on poor specimens. By that time only Constantius II was Augustus so any small Falling Horseman that shows even a trace of head decoration does not need legend to attribute to Constantius II. If the portrait has a bare head, it could be Julian II Caesar but I believe I see ties behind the head. If you can not see the ties, you can not assume they were never there and wore away so the coin is not identifiable. If you want to clean a bit more to make this more certain, it would not hurt the coin. You will need some legend for a full ID to include the mint. Constantius II Julian II
