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Message:: [QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 653900, member: 57463"]We need to see a scan of your coin.  Until then... The website provided a lot of information.  If this is indeed your coin, then your is not an "ancient Roman" but a medieval Italian, from 1552.  The coin is of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.  It was struck in Milan.  According to the website, Leone Lioni was the finest die cutter of his time. Your coin should be heavier than a US Quarter dollar.  This "denaro of 25 soldi" weighs a hefty 8.6 grams versus the 6.25 grams of a US Quarter dollar. The legends read:IMP CAES CAROLVS V AVG Imperator (or "Commander") and Caesar (or "Emperor") Charles V, Augustus (or "the Great").SALVS AVGVSTA = Health to the Great (ruler)PADVS MDL as the website says, "PADVS = river Po" and "MDL = MeDioLanum = Milan." The ancient name for Milan was Mediolanum, just as 1500 years ago, "York" was "Eboricum". By this time (1550), the glory of the Renaissance was fadiing in Italy, but blooming in the north.  The Reformation and Counter-Reformation were the forces of the time, but, realize, also when this coin was struck, Galileo was not yet born (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) and Copernicus had just died (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543).  But, truly, we must see YOUR coin to know for sure what we are talking about here.[/QUOTE]