Hello everyone. I have two roman coins here that I need to identify. I just went on a metal detecting trip with the crew and we found loads of bronzes. I have tried Numismatic.org and other ancient coin websites and found little. Here are the two I still need to identify, though I have an understanding and knowledge of roman coins, I am stumped on this one. Any help would be appreciated, the coins are numbered so if you know a coin just shoot out the number 1 or 2. Thank you everyone, God bless.
Hmm. Where were you detecting? The first coin is from Roman Egypt. Egypt was closed circulation for ancient coinage... finding them outside of Egypt would be unusual.
Yes pictures are way too small... #2 is a Licinius #1 is a provincial coin - I am not great at identifying those by portrait (or at all really without lots of time). With large photos many experts here could answer..
Thats odd. Are you sure it is one of those, I believe I found that one in the farm fields outside Munich, Germany.
#2 is Constantine, not Licinius I. This type (Jupiter) was minted by Licinius I but in the name of both emperors.
Well if you did find a coin of Roman Egypt (looks to be Diocletian, perhaps) then that is a very interesting phenomenon as TIF points out. One would not expect to find one in Germany...as Egypt had a closed system of coinage unique to that province.
The tetradrachm is a coin of Aurelian, year 7 (AD 275). Would be highly unusual, if not completely undocumented, to find in Germany. Barry Murphy
