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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2688221, member: 82549&quot;]I think I can see a &quot;DI&quot; right before the inscription break on the 3rd coin. That would make it Arcadius.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the first one is Gratian, based on the obverse inscription, although the reverse appears to begin with VICTO, which leaves me confused.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin has too much of the obverse inscription off the flan for a positive id, but it appears to have an unbroken inscription, so Arcadius would be a good guess. Similar to this type: <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/arcadius/_antioch_RIC_067d_G_cross.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/arcadius/_antioch_RIC_067d_G_cross.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/arcadius/_antioch_RIC_067d_G_cross.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>#4 also looks like Arcadius, VIRTVS EXERCITI type: <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/arcadius/_antioch_RIC_X_70_A.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/arcadius/_antioch_RIC_X_70_A.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/arcadius/_antioch_RIC_X_70_A.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d need a better photo to be sure about #5, but I think it&#039;s also Arcadius because I can almost make out &quot;ADIVS&quot; over the head of the portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like you may have the beginnings of a nice Arcadius collection, which would be an interesting emperor to collect, since history seems to have ignored him, along with most numismatists.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone have any ideas about #1? If it is Gratian, it would be a rarity with that reverse type/inscription.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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