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Message:: [QUOTE="Gao, post: 648418, member: 19409"]It's definitely Roman, and it dates from somewhere between 348-361AD. Can you tell me if the figure on the front is wearing a diadem (basically a headband)? It's hard to tell. Also see how much of the obverse legend you can make out in person. I can make out "..NTIVS" on the front of the coin, which means it's Contantius II if there's a diadem and Constantius Gallus if there isn't (which would date it to 352-354). As for the reverse, it's a Roman soldier stabbing a falling barbarian horseman, and the legend around says "FEL TEMP REPARATIO," which can be very roughly translated to "Happy days are here again," because when the Romans thought of happy days, they thought of a guy getting stabbed<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The mintmark in the exergue is a bit hard to make out (let me know if you can read it at all better in person), but I think it begins with "AN," which would mean Antioch.[/QUOTE]