Help me identify please

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  1. Jill Mitchell

    Jill Mitchell New Member

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  3. Jill Mitchell

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  4. Bradley Trotter

    Bradley Trotter Well-Known Member

    The top coin looks like a Sestertius of one of the Antonine Emperors. You should also post images of both sides of that small silver medieval coin.
     
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  5. Jill Mitchell

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  6. Bradley Trotter

    Bradley Trotter Well-Known Member

    The top coin looks like a Sestertius of one of the Antonine Emperors.
     
  7. Spaniard

    Spaniard Well-Known Member

    2nd coin looks like Marcus Aurelius with Salus feeding snake reverse...
     
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  8. svessien

    svessien Senior Member

    The big one looks like Marcus Aurelius. The small Roman probably Constantius II. Someone will come along and help you with the Medieval silver coin.
     
  9. Spaniard

    Spaniard Well-Known Member

    Constantius II Alexandria
    Rev....VOT / XX / MVLT / XXX in four lines within wreath;
    SMAL Gamma in exergue
     
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  10. Claudius_Gothicus

    Claudius_Gothicus Well-Known Member

    The second coin is a small bronze of Constans from the Alexandria mint (you can tell that's him and not Constantius II due to the spacing between the letters).
    Unfortunately I can't help you with the rest.
     
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  11. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    Echoing others:

    marcus Aurelius sestertius

    Constans VOT. Great shape, Alexandria mint (SMALT - Sacra Moneta Alexandria Tertium) sacred money of the third officina of the Alexandria mint

    and a medieval
     
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  12. Spaniard

    Spaniard Well-Known Member

    ...I didn't know that!....Thanks.
     
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  13. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    Usually Constans is CONSTA-NS, or CONSTAN-S whereas Constantius II is usually CONSTAN-TIVS

    Also, since Constantius is a longer name the letters tend to be smaller and closer together. The way I see if if the left hand letters of CONSTAN looks large, then it’s probably not C-II
     
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  16. Jill Mitchell

    Jill Mitchell New Member

    Thank you
    I posted there too
     
  17. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Indeed, multiple threads about the same coin(s) are a no-no. I have merged them all together here, in the Ancients thread, which is why there is some duplication.
     
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  18. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    The medieval coin looks to be continental European rather than English. Maybe 13th-14th century, would be my wild guess.

    That appears to be a lily cross (cross fleurée) on the reverse. There is a fleur-de-lis on the obverse above the central lettering. The fleur-de-lis often indicates France, but I can't say that for sure in this case, as I'm out of my depth.

    I can't make much out of the lettering, but someone here might be able to ID it, perhaps @FitzNigel or @TheRed or one of our other resident medievalists. I'm only a mere dabbler in such things.
     
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  19. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Welcome to CT, and specifically ancients (and medievals).
     
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  20. Bradley Trotter

    Bradley Trotter Well-Known Member

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  21. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Nicely done!

    So it seems I was right about 13th-14th century France, but was unfamiliar with the type.
     
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