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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2716470, member: 56859&quot;]Portraits on Roman Imperial coins of the first couple of centuries are pretty easy to ID by portrait alone.&nbsp; It can get difficult later on, especially in the Constantine and later coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin&#039;s emperor is readily identifiable by portrait.&nbsp; Here are some pages with typical portraits of the emperors.&nbsp; I think you&#039;ll find it very helpful.&nbsp; After looking at hundreds (or thousands) of coins in a few days, you&#039;ll be able to identify the earlier emperors at a mere glance (there are exceptions, of course).</p><p><br /></p><p>Hmm... my favorite page for this no longer works.&nbsp; Here&#039;s one that will probably do the trick (easier than clicking each emperor&#039;s page in Wildwinds):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.romancoins.info/ImaginesImperatorumStart.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.romancoins.info/ImaginesImperatorumStart.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.romancoins.info/ImaginesImperatorumStart.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, knowing how their names appear on coins helps, as does being able to interpret the sometimes odd engraving.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a page of a CoinTalk member&#039;s website listing typical obverse legends for Imperial coins (scroll down the page to get to the names):</p><p><a href="http://www.wnccoins.com/0022.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wnccoins.com/0022.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.wnccoins.com/0022.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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