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Message:: [QUOTE="JDSCOIN, post: 25441, member: 1751"]Hello, I took a quick look at the ancient coin. You actually have the order reversed for that coin. The obverse side is in the second jpg. It is a Roman coin, but it is very worn and difficult to make out the legend (words). Though, the words do appear to be Latin. At first, I thought I may have been a Greek provincial coin. But I took another look and the legend appears to be entirely Latin, thus, a regular Roman issue. I also cannot tell who to attribute it to by the portrait. It is worn and distorted, not all that clear. The reverse is very worn, but some letters and other details can be seen. Sorry, that I don't have more time to spend on such inquiries, but there are many, many of them and there simply is not enough time to get to all of them. In my opinion, it appears to be an average Roman bronze of medium to larger size (I am only guessing by comparing it to the other coin). It is probably worth about $5.00 or so as an unattributed coin. If it can be attributed, then perhaps more. Regards, John PS: It appears to be a coin of the Roman Empire, not the Roman Republic. Thus, it should date from between about 27 BC (Augustus) to 476 (Romulus Augustus). But we can easliy rule out the last of those two; so, somewhere between those dates.[/QUOTE]