Hi Ladies and Gentlemen! Please, help me identifying a late roman coin. Thank ye.

Hello all! Hoo are ye? What a coool forum!!
My apologies if this request does not fit the forum protocol.
I need help identifying the emperor and reverse on this roman coin.
All comments would be very appreciated!!!

 

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Welcome, RAGNAROK!
I'm sure that one of our Roman coin experts will assist you shortly!
I just wanted to say hello back at ya'.

 

Welcome A good start. didi is not my expertise

 

I cannot all most not read is it vot HVLT xxx

 

VOT XX MVLT XXX
Basically 20 years of service/vows completed, 10 more to go/promised for a total of 30.

 

Rosette diadem is a clue to the emperor. Don't have my references handy...

 

Thanks a lot to all. Call me neurotic but I do not like to clean my coins... The problem is the emperor (bonnie portrait but clarty legend) and if there are two or three X on the reverse last line. The mint is impossible.

(David@PCC: your dekadrachm of Athens... I love it, pure dead brilliant!)

 

The mint is located under the wreath and may not be legible or off the coin? Here is a link to give you the info you need
https://www.tesorillo.com/aes/_rev/index125i.htm
Thanks, but that is not mine sadly. I just have a regular 'ol tet.

 

It's considered acceptable to clean ancients in this condition. Soak in distilled water, brush, change the water and repeat. It may take a while. In order to get an accurate ID, you need to see the obverse legend (looks like some may still be on the left side) and the mint on the reverse bottom. Even if cleaned and with full identification, it's probably only worth a buck or 2. But, you have a coin that is almost 1700 years old

 

Oidhche mhath, a charaid (Good night, my friend!)

 

Slàinte mhath!

 

Aye, I'm afraid that the mint is "out of the pudding"...
And do not worry, I believe that veeerry few people of this world have a dekadrachm of Athens... But your coin is precious!!!

 

Think ro1974 nailed it Antioch mint, I have the same coin, but different mintplace Syzicus. Looks your coin is from yet another mintplace due to a different portrait
of Constans.

 

Thanks

 

Welcome Ragnarok ... cool avatar

 

It seems that by the type of portrait, the clear D N CON... and the flower in the diadem can be a Constans from Nicomedia (RIC VIII Nicomedia 52)! Thanks a lot, my new friends!!

 

Thenk ye!

 

yer velcome

 

Fire in the hole! (thanks ye, Niall!)