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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 26144671, member: 10613"]The two on the bottom left are the same </p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla</p><p>A.D. 206</p><p>Limes Denarius</p><p>ANTONINVS PIVS AVG; laureate head right.</p><p>PONTIF TR P VIIII COS II; Mars, in military dress, stg. l., resting r. hand on shield and holding spear. </p><p>RIC IV Rome 83</p><p><br /></p><p>They are denarii and are usually silver. Yours are a base metal and usually referred to as limes denarius. They were possibly struck for use on the border...limes = frontier border. They are not rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>The top right is</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine II</p><p>A.D. 321- 324</p><p>CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C; Laureate head right.</p><p>CAESARVM NOSTRORVM surrounding laurel wreath enclosing VOT X</p><p>in ex. ΓSIS • in crescent</p><p>RIC VII Siscia 170 correction</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a correction with the mintmark as RIC incorrectly described this coin as double crescent when it is actually dot in crescent. This specific issue is a bit rarer; but overall the type is very common. In that condition, less than 20 bucks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 26144671, member: 10613"]The two on the bottom left are the same Caracalla A.D. 206 Limes Denarius ANTONINVS PIVS AVG; laureate head right. PONTIF TR P VIIII COS II; Mars, in military dress, stg. l., resting r. hand on shield and holding spear. RIC IV Rome 83 They are denarii and are usually silver. Yours are a base metal and usually referred to as limes denarius. They were possibly struck for use on the border...limes = frontier border. They are not rare. The top right is Constantine II A.D. 321- 324 CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C; Laureate head right. CAESARVM NOSTRORVM surrounding laurel wreath enclosing VOT X in ex. ΓSIS • in crescent RIC VII Siscia 170 correction There is a correction with the mintmark as RIC incorrectly described this coin as double crescent when it is actually dot in crescent. This specific issue is a bit rarer; but overall the type is very common. In that condition, less than 20 bucks.[/QUOTE]
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