Here is another 25 coins! Please, I would like to know: what it is, possible usage (money, token, whatever), real/fake, and possible worth. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
I can't help you with them but let me say WOW! I love #'s 1, 11, 13, 15, 16, 20, and 25! They're beautiful! How did you come by them?
9 and 24 are both Roman, Constantine the Great with reverse of the sun god SOLI INVICTO COMITI. 24 has the mintmark of Rome but 9 is not readable. It is a very common coin and these are not in good shape so the value is the minimum you will assign to any ancient.
11 is a token probably 100-300 years old styled after coins of the rather rare Roman emperor Vitellius. I suspect it may have been a part of a set of famous Romans or a gift shop item for people who could not afford a real coin of his. I've not seen this exact item but the style seems 18-19th century British and I'd be really interested in knowing the story behind it. Compare: http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=56766
8 is Roman Constans reverse with wreath and Vota inscription in poor condition It is a very common coin so the value is the minimum you will assign to any ancient.
10 is Roman Constantius II with a later version of the Vota reverse and what I believe is Antioch mint mark. It is a very common coin but the condition is better so the value is a bit above the other ancients here but still not much. $10-20??? 18 is the same ruler and mint but the soldiers reverse and has bad glue residue unless I miss my guess that all these ancients were once attached to a card. If the glue is very old it will sometimes just pop off with a little side pressure. If it is more modern you are in more trouble. Minimal value.
15 is Roman Gallienus with a nice deer reverse but poor strike and need 'conservation' (was it glued to a paper?). It is a more desirable type coin but the strike is uneven so the value is still not much. $10??? Properly cleaned that could double; poorly cleaned that could drop to nothing.
19 is Claudius II but your focus and the glue are hiding the reverse from me. Minimal value. 20 is one of the Gallo-Roman usurpers like Postumus or Tetricus but focus and glue again prevent ID. The above two and Victorinus would be minimal value. Marius or Laelianus might be worth paying someone to conserve the coin but only if the ID is certain. The thing could be the third known coin of Domitian II in which case it would send all the kids to college but the chance of that is somewhere beyond a billion to one. Is the coin worse than the others or just the photo? If you removed these from a card pasted up by a 19th century collector, you could have halved the value of the group depending on what he wrote on that card. I have seen coins with similar reverse residue that were part of really old groups and would sell as a 'history of collecting' item for more than the sum of the coins.
I don't think nr 20 (or nr 19 to be correct) was in worse shape than the two above it. It was simply me taking a blurry photo... but I will definately take a better close up, who wouldnt want to have college paid, eh? They were glued onto a textile, which was framed. There was nothing written, but were framed as they were the coins in the best shape. I had to remove them in order to take photos of both sides, maybe it was a stupid thing to do... I will create a new thread with more roman coins. You seem to know them quite well
I see now all my numbers were one off since I was looking at the number under the coin rather than above it. Sorry.
I tried to hide my excitement. It really should have read "You are the man and I am posting more coins!".
