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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;der_meister77, post: 194400, member: 6402&quot;]Hello everybody,</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently acquired several small uncleaned ancients from <a href="http://www.ancientcoins.ca" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancientcoins.ca" rel="nofollow">www.ancientcoins.ca</a>.&nbsp; After a couple of months in olive oil these two coins came out the best.&nbsp; I am really new to ancient coins and am wondering if anybody here could help ID these two for me.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Coin 1:</b></p><p>It appears to be Constantine ( the somethingth).&nbsp; I can read the following letters on the obverse:&nbsp; NSTA and then possibly NSPFA...&nbsp; On the reverse of the coin there appears to be two soldiers standing holding spears with something between the two of them.&nbsp; I cannot read any of the lettering on this side.&nbsp; Oh, and the coin has &quot;coin-turn&quot; orientation.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/rieb/web/Coins/roman%201.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/rieb/web/Coins/roman%201.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/rieb/web/Coins/roman%201.jpg</a></p><p><a href="https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/rieb/web/Coins/roman%201%20rev.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/rieb/web/Coins/roman%201%20rev.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/rieb/web/Coins/roman%201%20rev.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Coin 2:</b></p><p>First thing I noticed this coin has &quot;medal-turn&quot; orientation.&nbsp; I cannot read any of the letting on the obverse.&nbsp; The reverse has ANNO running vertially down with some crosses or Xs&nbsp; next to something....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/rieb/web/Coins/roman%202.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/rieb/web/Coins/roman%202.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/rieb/web/Coins/roman%202.jpg</a></p><p><a href="https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/rieb/web/Coins/roman%202%20rev.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/rieb/web/Coins/roman%202%20rev.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/rieb/web/Coins/roman%202%20rev.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance for any of your help and suggestions!</p><p>&nbsp;- Jake[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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