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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3355512, member: 56859&quot;]Welcome to CoinTalk Ancients, [USER=100399]@phillipaanderson[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>From your title I gather you&#039;d like to do some of the work yourself, so I&#039;ll just give a few hints to get you going.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin is a bronze from the late Roman empire (often referred to as an &quot;LRB&quot;, for Late Roman Bronze).&nbsp; There are many, <b>many</b> different types of these.</p><p><br /></p><p>A good portion of the reverse legend on your coin is identifiable so that will help you.&nbsp; The reverse shows the emperor standing right, holding a banner with right hand, and holding a little statue of Victory in his left hand (you can&#039;t really see that on your coin).</p><p><br /></p><p>On the reverse, the letters underneath the ground line (&quot;in exergue&quot;) will give details about the mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think you&#039;ll be able to read enough of the obverse legend to figure out the emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>For identification purposes, perhaps the easiest place for you to begin with this particular coin is on <a href="http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/_rev/index1.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/_rev/index1.htm" rel="nofollow">this page by Tesorillo</a>.&nbsp; Find the reverse type, click, and go from there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once you&#039;ve done that, here are some other helpful pages:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://finds.org.uk/romancoins/articles/page/slug/fourth-century-mints" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://finds.org.uk/romancoins/articles/page/slug/fourth-century-mints" rel="nofollow">Basics of late Roman mintmarks</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://tjbuggey.ancients.info/mints.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tjbuggey.ancients.info/mints.html" rel="nofollow">List of Roman mints and their marks</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Jovian/Jovian.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Jovian/Jovian.html" rel="nofollow">This page by Warren Esty</a> (CT member [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER]) -- don&#039;t click this link until you&#039;ve figured out the emperor and reverse, unless you want to jump ahead to the ID (I hope I got it right! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Maybe someone more versed in LRBs can double-check <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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