Don't know what this is.

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by Bogie07, Jan 17, 2010.

  1. Bogie07

    Bogie07 Junior Member

    I think it is Roman, but don't know when or who its about. I am having a hard time reading the inscription, too.
     

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  3. diocletian

    diocletian Senior Member

    Purely a guess from the legends would be Antoninus Pius (and no time to look.)

    This may be the obverse legend.

    IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P,
     
  4. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    This is a modern cast medallion not really copying any real Roman coin but trying to be from the 2nd century but more likely from the 20th.
     
  5. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    I"m sorry, but it is fake.
     
  6. Bogie07

    Bogie07 Junior Member

    Are these fake, too?
     

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  7. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    first looks seleucid, other is roman, constantius II

    i think its this:

    Constantius II AE3. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diadem, draped & cuirassed bust left, globe in hand / FEL TEMP-REPARATIO, emperor bare headed and in military dress standing, holding standard with chi-rho on banner in his right hand, resting left hand on shield, two bound captives wearing Phrygian helmets kneeling, leaning to the left before him, star in left field,

    cant make out what is ex. smnk?
     
  8. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    No it is not. I suppose, that that couple of coins - original.
     
  9. Bogie07

    Bogie07 Junior Member

    Oh, well thats good. What is ex. smnk? Sorry, I don't know much about coins.
     
  10. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

  11. Bogie07

    Bogie07 Junior Member

    What might the other mint marks be? It is easier to try to figure out which if I know what they might be.
     
  12. Bogie07

    Bogie07 Junior Member

    Thanks a lot guys, too for the information.
     
  13. Bogie07

    Bogie07 Junior Member

    Yes, the ex. does look like SMNK. Does the K mean anything different than the S? Anything more about the other one?
     
  14. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    The photo could be more clear but I believe it is SMNgamma. The last letter indicates a workshop within the mint of Nicomedia. They used Greek numerals for the six shops A, B, gamma, delta, E and S.
     
  15. Bogie07

    Bogie07 Junior Member

    So nothing else on the one randygeki is seleucid?
     
  16. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    The coin is Tarsos in Cilicia showing the Pyre of Sandan and a head of Tyche with legend TAPCEON Sear 5672 possibly 1st century BC. A really nice one is pictured in Sear, Greek Coins and their Values. Sear's 14 pound catalog price suggests it is not rare but it was new to me.
     
  17. Bogie07

    Bogie07 Junior Member

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