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<p>[QUOTE="Gao, post: 634554, member: 19409"]That describes a very large number of coins. In the 4th century, the vast majority of emperors were depicted with virtually identical portraits, and just about all of them had some votis reverses like that. We're going to need the legend on the front (or at least the bits of it that you can read) if you want to identify the emperor, and we're going to need the diameter in millimeters and the mintmark (the text on the bottom of the reverse) if you want a specific attribution. Also, keep in mind that you can generally scan coins well enough to identify if you or someone you know has a scanner. Just make sure to put it at the highest dpi you can. You'll also need to give us condition if you want us to give you a meaningful value.</p><p><br /></p><p>I should also give you a heads up that 4th century Roman bronzes are generally very common and not worth very much at all. There's a decent chance that this coin is only worth a couple of bucks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gao, post: 634554, member: 19409"]That describes a very large number of coins. In the 4th century, the vast majority of emperors were depicted with virtually identical portraits, and just about all of them had some votis reverses like that. We're going to need the legend on the front (or at least the bits of it that you can read) if you want to identify the emperor, and we're going to need the diameter in millimeters and the mintmark (the text on the bottom of the reverse) if you want a specific attribution. Also, keep in mind that you can generally scan coins well enough to identify if you or someone you know has a scanner. Just make sure to put it at the highest dpi you can. You'll also need to give us condition if you want us to give you a meaningful value. I should also give you a heads up that 4th century Roman bronzes are generally very common and not worth very much at all. There's a decent chance that this coin is only worth a couple of bucks.[/QUOTE]
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