I am interested in buying these, because they look nice. Any idea as to the emperors and value? I usually collect other types of coins, not Roman Bronze, so my knowledge is not great. Hence I'm treading carefully. Any input, however little, appreciated. Thanks Steve
hard to see for me but looks like constantius II, constantine, constantine (or family of) and maybe around $10-15 for all of them
Sounds like I might have paid too much then. Between posting and you replying, I paid $27 for them. I think they are rather nice. Might be a bit more careful next time Thanks for your reply
Thats not too much over, especialy if you like them Heres a site to help i.d. them wildwinds.com and heres a few online shops forumancientcoins.com vcoins.com
$27 is not unreasonable, $10 each is a fine place. These are surely clear enough that you can ID them on your own. Use the spreadsheets here: http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm
Prices on ancients vary a lot from place to place. I'm known as a cheapskate but I'd call these three worth $27 with the middle one a bit more than 1/3 and the right one (photo too dark to be sure) a bit less than its share. All three have the legend details needed to ID fully (but the dark photo makes the reading uncertain. The two that can be read easily are Western mints (perhaps found in the UK or France?) which is starting to be a little better because of the higher numbers of coins coming to market from the east. The spreadsheets quoted above will help you get ID's but you might like the background material I offer on my page: http://dougsmith.ancients.info/uncleaned.html Your coins are my first two most common types. Rarity means less than eye appeal on these Late Roman things and your coins are quite decent looking. If they are your first, you did well.
I would have been glad to pay 27 $ for the lot, meaning around 22 €. The one in the middle has a great patina, from the picture Q
Hard to read, and my eyes are failing me... but if you can manage some closer pictures of the bottom of the reverses, we could likely specify the mint, or at least try.
