Hello. I was looking in ERIC 2 and one or two of the AE 4 reverses seem to be what I’m seeing here. I tried to draw what appears to me. I put the weight, diameter. What do you think? I think if it’s in such a condition and grade, it’s worth less than a hundred anyhow, not sure. Thanks for your input in advance.
Several different late 4th/5th century emperors had this type of reverse or similar. Just from your photos it looks way too gone to tell for sure. For a better chance at ID, remove it from its holder and take clearer/closer photos.
from ERIC book, I didn’t see any other small reverses like this figure, only a similar one with a captive to the right. Ill try and take more pics. Thanks for replying
The same type (victory advancing left) was minted by nearly a dozen emperors over a span of more than a century, plus a few decades more if you include the Vandal imitative types as well. Probably most (95+%) of the extra crude ones were minted by Honorius or Arcadius. http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/099/099i.htm Unless you can clearly see part of the MAIORIANVS in the obv legend, it's best to assume it was minted by Arcadius or Honorius. Still, I have a small bag of the type that I haven't been able to part with, because attribution isn't certain and what if...
okay, so you’re telling me all those other ones look like stick figures like the two that I’m telling you are distinctive?
To varying degrees, yes https://www.forumancientcoins.com/c...&fld=https://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins/ I still need to image all of mine, but here is my Johannes, a rare ruler but still a far cry from Majorian This was my "maybe Johannes, maybe Theodosius II" From your pictures, I am not seeing anything stylistically that would indicate Majorian; IMO these aren't possible to attribute definitively without enough letters to make out a partial name.
