These coins came with an auction I won and I am having difficulty identifying anything about these 4 coins, where they are from, how old and maybe what they might be worth. Thank you very much for any info in advance. Sincerely, Donn
The 3rd one looks like a Rose Farthing: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=433454&AucID=320&Lot=333 I think I've seen the 1st one before but I can't remember what it is and the 4th one looks like an ancient but one of our ancient experts will have to figure it out. :bow: Ribbit Ps: Welcome to CoinTalk! :hail:
Here's a Rose Farthing on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/c1625-Charles-I...oryZ4398QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem They have decent pics so you can compare yours to it, to see if it's the same era. Ribbit
Because that's what the bust looks like, from what I can see. That and the style of the reverse is consistent with imitations of Tetricus.
Dear Ardatirion, I looked up what you are talking about and see what you mean now, I had no idea barbarous imitation was a term that is very common to coins of the age, I thought you were simply saying it's a horrible fake lol. but I looked up Barbarous Imitation and found out about what you meant, thank you for helping with this coin. Sincerely, Donn
Barbarous imitations are contemporary counterfeits from the Roman Empire engraved in poor style. Its often theorized that these came from beyond the official boundaries of the Empire, thus the term 'barbarous'. Here's another example: (not mine, unfortunately) Note that the legend consists mostly of I's!
