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« on: August 07, 2010, 10:58:56 PM »
Any idea what coin this is. I can see imp constantinus aug on the obverse. Not sure if it is silvered. Came out looking black and the lettering shows up better with rubbing with silver paper.

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« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2010, 03:49:42 AM »
nice coin well done m8  Wink
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« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2010, 06:08:06 AM »
 Shocked Well done Eric what a beauty of a coin. Really nice condition they are usually badly worn as they  are close on 2000 years.
well done again

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« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2010, 06:30:05 AM »
the inscription matches that found on Constantine 1 coinage from 307 to 318ad.

you will find this on p33 in the book 'roman coins' richard reece and simon james.

the mint mark look like PTR - which means the primary mint  trier,

the revers image looks like Sol, with whip and globe and the hint of the inscription  SOLINVIC TOCOMITI.

nice find, well done indeed
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« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2010, 10:30:35 AM »
Well done Eric, it's a nice coin. And well done with your ID Alan. Here's a link to an example of the same coin:

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/bigpic.cgi?img=coins/./ric/constantine/_trier_RIC_vII_039.jpg&ruler=./ric/constantine/i.html
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« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2010, 01:14:51 PM »
a very nice find there mate well done  Wink
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« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2010, 03:16:56 PM »
A lovely find - well done Eric - nice to meet you again.

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« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2010, 04:54:12 PM »
well found Meatslicer ,thats a great roman coin find Wink
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« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2010, 05:30:27 PM »
hello
Nice coin Meat and thanks for the coin cleaning lesson it s been taken onboard.Nice meeting you .I didnt get much but was a good day all the same .
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« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2010, 05:32:18 PM »
it may be a good coin cleaning lesson, but be warned,  all it does is devalue the worth of the coin, should it ever come to open market.

it all depends on what one wants from the coin itself.!

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« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2010, 11:53:39 PM »
It wasn't so much a coin cleaning lesson as "don't clean it here, wait till you get home and do it carefully", lesson I seem to remember. Trying to clean it in the field with a gritty glove on was going to do a lot of damage to the coin surface.

I have spent a lot of time cleaning roman grots to learn how to do it without damaging them. Olive oil is a good start but even that need care and constant checking. The worst result I have seen is from trying to scrub the surface with a tooth brush using Hydrogen Peroxide, this is definitely a no no.

Glad to see I did some good on the day.

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« Reply #11 on: August 09, 2010, 10:09:12 AM »
yes your first ralley was well werth it meatslicer.nice coin fella.
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« Reply #12 on: August 09, 2010, 02:33:00 PM »
Nice find meatslicer, hope your ankle is ok.
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« Reply #13 on: August 09, 2010, 03:41:13 PM »
GREAT COIN ERIC TOLD YOU IT WAS A CONSTINTINE THE 1ST HAD ONE THE SAME LAST YEAR .WELL DONE YOU WORKED HARD FOR IT......SOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED THE THIMBLE RALLY HAD THREE IN THE END.......WELL DONE RAY  ON YOUR 1ST ROMAN COIN.........NOW YOU CAN CALL YOUR SELF ROMAN RAY!!!!!!!!!!TEHE!
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« Reply #14 on: August 09, 2010, 07:47:50 PM »
Lovely little coin that. Well winkled!
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