I have 3 coins I believe to be "Ancient" but I have no idea what they are or where they may have come from or for that matter, what timeframe?!! All I have to take pics is a smart phone so the pics aren't great but maybe someone here has knowledge and could maybe give me some info on them. I think the 1st pic is upside down. Tried to fix that but..... 2nd coin is next: And Coin #3 I guess I'm going to have to see if my Coin Microscope will work with these. Photos are worse than I thought! But maybe someone can recognize them, Thanks for any help!
The top is a tetradrachm from Alexandria. If you can take a clearer picture, I can read the inscription and give you the ruler too. Middle coin - I don't recognize. Last coin is a Late Roman Bronze. Again, clearer pictures should be able to help read the legends. I only have an iphone 6 and am able to take decent pictures. Try putting your coin on a flat surface and then something maybe 4-6 inches higher (like a cup) to lay your phone on. Then snap the picture. Don't use the zoom. You can crop after you have the picture taken. These were taken in that manner:
The first one is a latter third century tetradrachm of Alexandria. Could be Claudius II, Aurelian, Probus, Carus, Carinus, Numerian, or Diocletian I believe. Can't read the legend or I would be able to tell based on that.
You might be able to try a paper rubbing, dattari-savio uses that method and it might allow more contrast, being pencil on white paper.
The first, the Alexandrian net, might by Diocletian's contemporary Maximianus - I think I see maximianus sev in Greek but might be wrong. The third is a VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN reverse, with almost certainly Constans (not Constantius II) obverse. Can't read the mint mark. This would date to 341/2 to 348 AD. SC
Wow! Thanks to all for the info. I think I am going to invest in an actual camera for coin pics. I have a whole 3 ring binder of different coins with "issues". Possible errors. And some I don't recognize and haven't been able to identify. Mostly US coins but some from other Countries. I went to a DoD High School in Spain when my Dad was stationed there in the 70's. I had some Peseta's that I had saved from when I lived there and I went through them a few weeks back and found several that were Silver! My Wife just doesn't understand this coin collecting thing! She thinks I spend too much time doing this. But it is absolutely FUN!!!
