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<p>[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 3141383, member: 84179"]When I was new to ancients in the early 2000’s, I used to buy the uncleaned lots that were filled with LRBs. FWIW, The easiest way for me to ID them was using Late Roman Bronze Coinage by Carson, Kent, and Hill. As long as I could pick up some of the legends, I could usually ID many of them or at least narrow it down. Once narrowed down, it was much easier to check them against wildwinds. Initially, I had a lot of trouble with RIC because I couldn’t always ID the mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am a generalist when it comes to numismatics and it’s been a few years since I actively collected and studied ancients, but I really liked LRBC and it would still be my first “Go To” if I got some more of these. I haven’t seen it mentioned very often on the CT Ancient forum and wonder what others think about it for use on the “environmentally challenged” LRBs[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 3141383, member: 84179"]When I was new to ancients in the early 2000’s, I used to buy the uncleaned lots that were filled with LRBs. FWIW, The easiest way for me to ID them was using Late Roman Bronze Coinage by Carson, Kent, and Hill. As long as I could pick up some of the legends, I could usually ID many of them or at least narrow it down. Once narrowed down, it was much easier to check them against wildwinds. Initially, I had a lot of trouble with RIC because I couldn’t always ID the mint. I am a generalist when it comes to numismatics and it’s been a few years since I actively collected and studied ancients, but I really liked LRBC and it would still be my first “Go To” if I got some more of these. I haven’t seen it mentioned very often on the CT Ancient forum and wonder what others think about it for use on the “environmentally challenged” LRBs[/QUOTE]
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