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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7589770, member: 85693&quot;]I feel your pain!&nbsp; Doug&#039;s aluminum foil technique is intriguing and I may give that a whirl, if I can find the aluminum foil.&nbsp; My own kitchen sometimes baffles me. </p><p><br /></p><p>Although I cannot help you out with ID on this, I can commiserate.&nbsp; Yesterday this came in the mail - I was lucky because THEO was visible, but as for the rest...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />Horrible as it is, it is my &quot;youngest&quot; Roman coin (not counting Byzantine): </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307508[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Theodosius II&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ4 (11 mm)</b></p><p><b>(425-435 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Heraclea Mint</b></p><p>D N THEOD[OSI-VS•P•F•AV]G, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right /</p><p>[CONCOR-]DIA AVG, Victory advancing forward, holding two wreaths; [SM?]H in exergue.</p><p>RIC X Theodosius II (East) 432</p><p>(0.69 grams / 11 mm)</p><p><b>Attribution Notes:</b></p><p>Mintmark unclear; there are three possibilities: </p><p>RIC X Heraclea 431 (SMHA)</p><p>RIC X Heraclea 432 (SMH)</p><p>RIC X Nicomedia 436 (SMNA)</p><p>It seems to be an &quot;H&quot; with nothing behind it, thus the RIC 432 guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then last month, this ancient potato chip: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307507[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Arcadius (?)&nbsp; Æ 16</b></p><p><b>(395-401 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Unknown Mint (off flan)</b></p><p>D N AR?[CADI-VS P F AVG]pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, star behind / [GLORI-A ROMA]-NORVM, Arcadius, Honorius, Theodosius II standing.&nbsp; Mintmark off flan.</p><p>Nicomedia RIC X 62</p><p>(1.50 grams / 12 x 16 mm)</p><p><b>Attribution Note:</b></p><p>Not sure of obverse inscription; &quot;AR&quot; for Arcadius possibly there, but could be Arcadius, Honorius or Theodosius II.</p><p>Mintmark off flan; six locations possible for this issue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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