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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herodotus, post: 7939691, member: 111387&quot;]All are great &#039;budget&#039; coins. Albeit, perhaps a little harshly cleaned at one point in time.</p><p><br /></p><p>The emperor portraits/reverse legends &amp; devices are all defined enough to identify/attribute.</p><p><br /></p><p>@$22 per coin(avg.) -- Not necessarily a poor buy for a lot that includes Commodus, S. Severus, Domitian, Pius, Claudius and Faustina Jr.</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;re getting coins from the 1st four Imperial Roman dynasties; spanning roughly the first 250 years of the Roman Empire:</p><p><br /></p><p>Julio-Claudian -- (Claudius)</p><p>Flavian -- (Domitian)</p><p>Nerva/Antonine AKA including the &#039;Five Good/Adoptive Emperors&#039; -- (Pius), (Faustina Jr. - wife of M. Aurelius), (Commodus)</p><p>Severan -- (S. Severus)</p><p><br /></p><p>So, a decent &#039;starter set&#039;.&nbsp; As for denomination, they look to all be Æ(Bronze/Base Metal) Asses.&nbsp; &#039;As&#039; is the singular.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT: Upon closer look, the Claudius looks to be an Orichalcum(brass) Sestertius. Had the original patina not been stripped, this may have fetched a C-note (or few) @auction.&nbsp; I believe that the Faustina Jr. is also a Sestertius.</p><p><br /></p><p>These have been overcleaned IMHO. (having been stripped to bare metal in most places).&nbsp; I would leave them alone, there is not much opportunity to improve their appearance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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