Group of high grade unknown Roman coins ! help please

I bought some unknown roman coins recently and I am trying to figure out what they are, any help will be highly appreciated !

 

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They look to me to all be cast copies of various denarii.

 

No, I am 100 % sure they are authentic, the seller is trustworthy person and he cleaned them before selling them, it is just the pictures are very good.

 

I looked again. I'm sure they are cast, while Roman coins were in the main struck using the hammer method.

 

Jackeen,these are definitely genuine Roman coins.These were struck by the hammer & anvil craft method,
which is why it looks like they have been cast.A lot of planchet faults are known for hammered coins.

Aidan.

 

I think they're all authentic bronze coins of Constantine the Great and his 3 sons,plus one later emperor Gratian
They are quite corroded from being in the ground which is why they look like they're cast.
#1 and #5 are standard coins of the sons with a depiction of a soldier spearing a fallen horseman with the legend FEL TEMP REPARATIO.
#2 is the City of Rome commemorative of 330 AD issued by Constantine himself.It shows the city's founders Romulus and Remus suckling on the she-wolf that raised them.The obverse reads VRBS ROMA or City of Rome.
#3 is a "vota" coin of Constans,the youngest son and the back reads XX VOT MVLT XXX
#4 is Gratian,DN GRATIANVS P F AVG,minted at Siscia and shows Gratian holding a Christian Chi-Rho and dragging a captive.GLORIA ROMANORVM on the obverse. http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/bigp...a_RIC_014cXVII.jpg&ruler=./ric/gratian/i.html
You can go to Wildwinds.com and "Imperial Coinage by Ruler" scroll down to Constantine II,Constantius and Constans one at a time,click on "show page with thumbnails" and scroll down to see all the coin types they issued.Hopefully you'll find matches.

 

Thank you so much for the wonderful information.

 

Well, I'm no expert on Roman coins (or on most topics). But to me they have a suspicious uniformity of surface. Coins have individual lives that wind up being written on their surfaces. When a group of coins have similar surfaces, they often have similar origins.

 

Jackeen,Islamic-coins is right.These are genuine Roman coins.The reason why they appear similar to one another is the fact that they've been cleaned up after being found in the ground by experts,as one has to get them cleaned up before they can be identified.

Aidan.

 

Aidan - Well, that makes sense. As you can see, ancient coins isn't my field. One of my dream collections is a denarius of each of the Twelve Caesars; guess I best do some more research before trying to make that one a fact.

 

Doing some research.

Jackeen,to really get a feel,as it were for anything,including numismatics,one has to do some research.We all have to start somewhere.Before I moved down here from Wanganui just over 10 years ago,I knew a little about coins,but I eventually did my homework,as it were,through being involved in the coin trade.It is not really a good idea to try & collect everything.One has to specialise.Some people have chosen to collect Ancient Roman coins,because they're interested in the historical side of things.I've chosen to specialise in the British Commonwealth.I include the modern Republic of Ireland,as it is located in the British Isles,& has a similar history to a certain degree.That Irish exile banknote for example,is of interest to me,because of its British Commonwealth association.

I hope that you will find an area of numismatics that will interest you.Once you do that,specialise in it,& do your homework.The reward will pay off in the end.

Aidan.

 

i think NO.1 is a constantius II coin NO.2 is a constantinpole commorative coin NO.3 is a jovian coin No.4 possibly constantine and NO.5????unknown??please correct me if i'm wrong