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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4225483, member: 96898&quot;]That indeed sounds like a good lot! When I was starting to collect, I bought some uncleaned lots, too. Almost all of the coins I got were worse than the ones you showed and in a condition I would not collect today. Though I thus wouldn&#039;t recommend building a collection exclusively by searching through uncleaned lots, I still reckon that cleaning and identifying about 150 3rd and 4th century bronzes in different states of corrosion gave me some numismatic education that was worth a lot more than what I had paid for the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only a few of these coins are still in my collection, the rest of them had to make space for better examples at some point. Among those that stayed is a Valerian with the same reverse as your Gallienus, including the &quot;T&quot;-fieldmark:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1081376[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Valerian I, Roman Empire, AE/BI antoninian, 256–257 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP C P LIC VAL[ERIANVS P F] AVG; bust of Valerian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: [P]AX AVG[G]; Pax standing l.. holding olive-branch and sceptre; in l. field, T. 20mm, 2.09g. Ref: RIC V Valerian 109var (fieldmark).</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">Here are some more remnants from these early days of my collecting - most of the uncleaned coins I got were in much lower condition, though:</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1081374[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font size="3">Constantine I, 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><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1081375[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Constantine I, Roman Empire, AE3, 327–329 AD, Heraclea mint. Obv: CONSTANTINVS AVG; head of Constantine, diademed, r., looking upward. Rev: D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG; “VOT/XXX” within a laurel wreath. 19mm, 3.20g. Ref: RIC VII Heraclea 92.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1081373[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3"><font size="4"><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, BSIRM. 18mm, 2.76g. RIC VIII Sirmium 48.</font></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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