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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5560297, member: 96898"]Welcome to CoinTalk!</p><p><br /></p><p>Your first three coins are late Roman bronzes issued by Licinius and Constantius II. To identify them, you can use online resources like, for example, <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/" rel="nofollow">Wildwinds</a> or <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/" rel="nofollow">OCRE</a>. Also, our forum member [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] maintains a <a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/" rel="nofollow">website</a> with many in-depth articles on ancient numismatics, and [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] has a fabulous <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/" rel="nofollow">educational site</a> with lots of information for both beginners as well as advanced collectors. You will be able to read up on late Roman coins on these pages.</p><p><br /></p><p>To help you with identifying your coins properly, I'm posting some coins with similar reverses and reverse legends along with descriptive identifications. Please keep in mind that these types were issued by different Roman emperors, at different mints, and with different control marks. Your coins thus are not "the same" as mine – but comparing them to mine should bring you a step forward:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241270[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Constantine the Great, Roman Empire, AE2, 313 AD, Siscia mint. Obv: IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; head of Constantine I, laureate, r. Rev: IOVI CONSERVATORI; Jupiter standing front, holding thunderbolt in r. hand and leaning on sceptre with l. hand; to l. by feet, eagle; in field r., A; in exergue, SIS. 23mm, 2.81 g. Ref: RIC VI Siscia 229b.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1241271[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Constantius II, Roman Empire, AE3, 351–355 AD, Sirmium mint. Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG; bust of Constantius II, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO; helmeted soldier to l., shield on l.arm, spearing falling horseman; shield on ground at r.; horseman is bareheaded, turns to face soldier, and extends l. arm; in exergue, [?]SIRM. 18.5mm, 2.95g. RIC VIII Sirmium 48.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1241272[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Constantine the Great, Roman Empire, AE 3, 335–336 AD, Siscia mint. Obv: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, bust of Constantine I, diademed, draped and cuirassed, r. Rev: GLORIA EXERCITUS; two soldiers standing facing each other, standard between them. 15mm, 1.45g. Ref: RIC VII Siscia 261.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Your fourth coin is a modern forgery imitating a medieval silver gros from the crusader state of Tripolis. If it were real, it would be a very valuable piece – but it isn't. Your fifth coin is from ancient Judea – [USER=111387]@Herodotus[/USER] has already given you good clues on what to search for above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5560297, member: 96898"]Welcome to CoinTalk! Your first three coins are late Roman bronzes issued by Licinius and Constantius II. To identify them, you can use online resources like, for example, [URL='http://www.wildwinds.com/']Wildwinds[/URL] or [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/']OCRE[/URL]. Also, our forum member [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] maintains a [URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/']website[/URL] with many in-depth articles on ancient numismatics, and [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] has a fabulous [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/']educational site[/URL] with lots of information for both beginners as well as advanced collectors. You will be able to read up on late Roman coins on these pages. To help you with identifying your coins properly, I'm posting some coins with similar reverses and reverse legends along with descriptive identifications. Please keep in mind that these types were issued by different Roman emperors, at different mints, and with different control marks. Your coins thus are not "the same" as mine – but comparing them to mine should bring you a step forward: [ATTACH=full]1241270[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Constantine the Great, Roman Empire, AE2, 313 AD, Siscia mint. Obv: IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; head of Constantine I, laureate, r. Rev: IOVI CONSERVATORI; Jupiter standing front, holding thunderbolt in r. hand and leaning on sceptre with l. hand; to l. by feet, eagle; in field r., A; in exergue, SIS. 23mm, 2.81 g. Ref: RIC VI Siscia 229b. [ATTACH=full]1241271[/ATTACH] Constantius II, Roman Empire, AE3, 351–355 AD, Sirmium mint. Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG; bust of Constantius II, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO; helmeted soldier to l., shield on l.arm, spearing falling horseman; shield on ground at r.; horseman is bareheaded, turns to face soldier, and extends l. arm; in exergue, [?]SIRM. 18.5mm, 2.95g. RIC VIII Sirmium 48. [ATTACH=full]1241272[/ATTACH] Constantine the Great, Roman Empire, AE 3, 335–336 AD, Siscia mint. Obv: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, bust of Constantine I, diademed, draped and cuirassed, r. Rev: GLORIA EXERCITUS; two soldiers standing facing each other, standard between them. 15mm, 1.45g. Ref: RIC VII Siscia 261.[/SIZE] Your fourth coin is a modern forgery imitating a medieval silver gros from the crusader state of Tripolis. If it were real, it would be a very valuable piece – but it isn't. Your fifth coin is from ancient Judea – [USER=111387]@Herodotus[/USER] has already given you good clues on what to search for above.[/QUOTE]
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