Hi all, Yes it's me.. Showing my 4th or maybe 5th ancient coin in my collection Just acquired this coin with really no information. I did a web search and the best info I could find was - "Victories facing each other, each holding wreaths and palm branches, Palm branch upright in centre" So.. Help me out here what is this coin? I know it's in rough shape but I hope I can get an answer
Use these @paddyman98 See if you can figure it out I think it's half the fun with ancients https://www.tesorillo.com/aes/home.htm http://www.wildwinds.com/
LOL, welcome. I won’t bore you with “welcome to the Darkside...we have cookies...” But... it is more compelling than that....
Ha! Really Funny! And I totally get it.. I'm a Huge Star Trek fan! When I go to the 2019 NYINC Show I plan to get some special ancient.. I would love me an owl!
Don't just get the typical "Owl", go beyond the over-done Athens Owl... (this one has been assimilated) Athens Owl TET 16.8g 22x6-5mm Late Classical 393-300 BC, Sear 2537, SNG Cop. 63 Rather, go beyond and get the NON-compliant owls... Athens Attica 454-404 BCE AR hemidrachm (no, not a TETradrachm) 16mm 2.08g Athena frontal eye - facing Owl wings closed olive branches COP 70 SG 2528 Athens 340-317 BCE BC AE 12 Athena attic helmet R- Double bodied Owl with head facing E olive sprigs kalathos RARE BMC 224 Sicily Kalakte AE unit 2nd C BCE Head Athena in Helmet - Owl rev RARE
The secret of identifying late Roman coins is to start with the reverse and figure out what rulers issued the type. In this case, the number of rulers is small. After you know who issued the coin, stop trying to convince yourself that it could be a great rarity and belong to a ruler not known to have issued the type. In this case the possible choices start with the letters CONST and end with SPFAVG. If you can't read the letters, count the bumps and see which fits. No, this does not work in every case but it does in this one. Also realize that there are some rulers that are easy to confuse because they so often issued the same types and so often put out small flans that lose important letters (Arcadius and Honorius come to mind). If it were easy, it would not be as much fun. The other half may be realizing that you are better at this than you were last year.
I'm definitely better than I was last year at this time...considering I hadn't started I still have such a long way to go. My goal is to learn at least 1 new thing each day even if it is minor.
