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Title: 2 roman coins for id please :-) Post by: welshdigger on May 07, 2013, 06:31:57 PM a mate of mine found 2 roman coins on the weekend if anyone could give any info on them ;)
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The one on the right is a (i think 1/2) Centenionalis / 1/2 Maiorina / Nummus (Choose your name) of Constantius II, with the reverse 'FEL TEMP REPARATIO' or the good times are back again, I can't make out the mint mark very clearly there's definitely an S in, so could be Thessalonica mint. Dates to ~350AD Title: Re: 2 roman coins for id please :-) Post by: celticspikey on May 08, 2013, 08:53:37 AM a mate of mine found 2 roman coins on the weekend if anyone could give any info on them ;) Well done on Roman welshdigger ;) ;) ;)([url]http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/welshdigger1/IMAG0082_zpscb98e548.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/welshdigger1/media/IMAG0082_zpscb98e548.jpg.html[/url]) ([url]http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/welshdigger1/IMAG0081_zpsb6d213a8.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/welshdigger1/media/IMAG0081_zpsb6d213a8.jpg.html[/url]) ([url]http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/welshdigger1/IMAG0080_zps84fa6fe8.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/welshdigger1/media/IMAG0080_zps84fa6fe8.jpg.html[/url]) ([url]http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/welshdigger1/IMAG0079_zpsd4b54a1b.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/welshdigger1/media/IMAG0079_zpsd4b54a1b.jpg.html[/url]) ([url]http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/welshdigger1/IMAG0077_zpsca329c1a.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/welshdigger1/media/IMAG0077_zpsca329c1a.jpg.html[/url]) ([url]http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/welshdigger1/IMAG0076_zpsac76acab.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/welshdigger1/media/IMAG0076_zpsac76acab.jpg.html[/url]) Title: Re: 2 roman coins for id please :-) Post by: welshdigger on May 08, 2013, 10:14:00 AM thanks for the id probono, very much appreciated .
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