Recognize coin 1.7.2015

Here is cold but that won't stop me to found more coins. Thank god I know who will know and recognize what is the name of coins. So please help me recognize this one

2g 17mm





And here is my picture from today

 

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The way you do the date gets me every time. I was like, how the heck is he predicting what he is going to find in July?

 

In my country first we write day and then month.

 

here also europa

07-01-2015
a folis to my eys

 

Valens perhaps Thessalonica - soldier dragging captive by the hair

I say Valens because the size of the letters make the longer name of Valentinian hard to fit. This often helps in separating the two. Below is a similar Valentinian from a different issue with different field symbols and officina:

 

it's probably a coins of valens, the obverse legend would read DN VALEN (to left, off coin) -SPFSVG.

 

ooooops...dang DS is fast on the draw.

 

Thank you. I see all point you give me. It's AE3 2g 15-18mm very tiny.

Can you tell me what is abbreviation AE3


screen shot on windows

 

Also in the US military

 

Good web site:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmsize.html

 

google say "The letters stand for the Latin names of the metals": AE =metal latin name (AES) So AE,1,2,3,4,... they are have same metal just number is for the size? Is this corect?


Or AE stand for some other thing Like AD= After Dead, BF=before Christ

 

You are correct. AE reflects the base medal used.

 

By the way, AD is not "After Dead" but Anno Domini.

 

FFS = fun finding stuff

 

Fun fact about 'AD' is that it is supposed to come before the date rather than after, where it is usually placed. For example Octavian was given the title Augustus in 27 BC and passed away in AD 14. Personally, I prefer to use Common Era (CE) and Before Common Era (BCE). I had a prof in university who was stickler for dates and stressed this extensively.

 

I'm stubborn enough at my age so that I refuse to use CE/BCE. For me it will always be BC/AD.

 

In all communist country we should not mention christ so we talking p.n.š and n.š translate will be like: "before we count" and "when we start count

 

I don't want open new post so I will ask her if somebody can tell me what is this meaning. What's this describe? what she hold in her heand and what is on left side of coin at the feet

 

I'm thinking it is Vesta standing left holding simpulum & palladium

 

"ALWAYS" open a new thread, my friend

Cheers (cool new addition)