I received two more Roman coins and put them on my website: Roman Coins Severus Alexander Mars and Pax denarii (War and Peace)
Hello willieboyd2 I've been visiting thru your website : nice job you've done I'm not sure the last one is Honorius. You will tell that with coin in hand, but it seems that the third letter on the obverse is a V, and the fourth an A (actually looks like an H, but the engravers were not very precise in these times). The two first must be D and N (dominus noster). There is usually no third letter before the first letter of the emperor's name, then the name HAS to begin with the V we see and not the H you think you see. Can you follow me or is it pinguin english ? Then with a V as first letter your emperor must be eitheir Valens, or Valentinian I or Valentinian II BTW, with 16 mm it is an AE3 and not an AE4. I think it's better... Cucumbor
I removed the Honorius coin from the website until I can get a better identification on it. It is hard to read even with the coin in hand. As to the size, I understand that an AE4 is less than 17mm, an AE3 is 17 to 23mm. So at 16mm it is an AE4. Here is a scan:
Or...Valerian:smile Actually,Valerian was too early for this coin type,gotta be 4th century.Of the three names Cucumbor gave,my bet would be Valentinian I.I have a few of his coins and the portrait matches better than the other two and the reverse appears to be Victory advancing left,holding patera (round wreath thingie).Two of my Valentinians have this reverse.Also,the inscription, DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG, seems to match up pretty well with what I can make out of yours.
No Mikjo0, I saw the pic, it is obviously an emperor of the fourth century. Can't be Valerian. I would go for Valentinian I too Cucumbor
Two More Roman Coins - Valentinian (364-375 AD) I received two more Roman coins and put them on my website: Roman Coins Valentinian was a nice guy: In his bedroom, he kept two enormous bears named "Innocence" and "Mica Aurea" in cages and liked to watch them tear and devour his enemies The Emperor with a captive: The Emperor declares victory: (This one looks very much like the earlier mystery coin)
