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<p>[QUOTE="Gao, post: 838760, member: 19409"]The first is a Byzantine trachy of some sort (or perhaps a Bulgarian imitation or one of the Latin Empire). This would give you an age range of 1092-1300 AD or so. Probably later than earlier.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second is a bit easier to figure out. It's an antoninianus depicting the Roman Emperor Trebonianus Gallus dating from 251-253 AD. The obverse reads "IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG" and depicts the emperor wearing a radiate crown (this is a denomination mark), draped and cuirassed bust right. The reverse reads "LIBERTAS PVBLICA" and has Libertas, the personification of liberty, holding a scepter and pileus, the cap of a freed slave. I'm not entirely sure what the correct RIC number would be for this, since I found a couple that match this on Wildwinds that appear to differ based only on mint, and I can't tell which this is. Maybe someone else will come along and be able to get you a specific number.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gao, post: 838760, member: 19409"]The first is a Byzantine trachy of some sort (or perhaps a Bulgarian imitation or one of the Latin Empire). This would give you an age range of 1092-1300 AD or so. Probably later than earlier. The second is a bit easier to figure out. It's an antoninianus depicting the Roman Emperor Trebonianus Gallus dating from 251-253 AD. The obverse reads "IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG" and depicts the emperor wearing a radiate crown (this is a denomination mark), draped and cuirassed bust right. The reverse reads "LIBERTAS PVBLICA" and has Libertas, the personification of liberty, holding a scepter and pileus, the cap of a freed slave. I'm not entirely sure what the correct RIC number would be for this, since I found a couple that match this on Wildwinds that appear to differ based only on mint, and I can't tell which this is. Maybe someone else will come along and be able to get you a specific number.[/QUOTE]
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