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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 648443, member: 19463&quot;]My first inclination was to read the mintmark as CONSgamma making the coin Constantinople rather than Antioch.&nbsp; The C is weak at the left.&nbsp; I believe the head is clearly bare making the coin certainly Gallus but I do not see a coin in this condition making any significant difference in value between the two rulers.&nbsp; Good appearance means more between a common coin and a very common one.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>To be worth even $5, a coin of this type must either be clearly a rare mintmark variety, clearly identifiable or pretty to look at.&nbsp; This is not.&nbsp; Uncleaned Roman coins sometimes sell for more unidentified because some people hold out the hope that the coin might turn out to be a rare one.&nbsp; After a coin is IDed as a common type or, worse, it is established that the coin lacks the detail needed to ID it, the cash value drops a lot.&nbsp; If this can be wiggled around enough to read that mint mark with certainty, the coin has some potential for market but still probably under $5.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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