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Title: First Roman coin!!! Struggling to ID Post by: spaceonwhite on November 20, 2016, 06:35:54 PM What a great feeling it is finding your first Roman coin ;D ;D Problem is I'm struggling to ID it. Going to have to put a Roman coin book on my Christmas list :D Any ideas?
Title: Re: First Roman coin!!! Struggling to ID Post by: dingdong on November 20, 2016, 07:12:11 PM Tetricus 2 !!!....now I'm just guessing.i t does look a bit like the one I recently posted.a be the great "DOC" and Romana identified for me !!! 😀..great coin find,well detected and saved..👏👏 👍
Now I wait for someone who really can put a n I D to it !!..👍 Title: Re: First Roman coin!!! Struggling to ID Post by: Val Beechey on November 20, 2016, 07:18:24 PM Well it's not going to be me. I can only say the same as I did to Chris, it's def. Roman. Tetricus was a man. I think that's a female head.
Lucky you finding a nice, identifiable coin. Title: Re: First Roman coin!!! Struggling to ID Post by: spaceonwhite on November 20, 2016, 07:22:37 PM Looking at the head up close I think it's male
Title: Re: First Roman coin!!! Struggling to ID Post by: romana on November 20, 2016, 07:27:19 PM It's a Follis of Constantine I mate. with Sol standing left, raising hand and holding globe. nice coin ;)
Title: Re: First Roman coin!!! Struggling to ID Post by: spaceonwhite on November 20, 2016, 07:36:36 PM It's a Follis of Constantine I mate. with Sol standing left, raising hand and holding globe. nice coin ;) Wow, great ID! Thanks Romana :D :D Title: Re: First Roman coin!!! Struggling to ID Post by: dingdong on November 20, 2016, 08:09:20 PM Told you....😀.....well you gotta av a go ain't cha ...!!!!... LOL...👏👏👏👏...👈....👍
Title: Re: First Roman coin!!! Struggling to ID Post by: spaceonwhite on November 20, 2016, 08:38:18 PM It's a Follis of Constantine I mate. with Sol standing left, raising hand and holding globe. nice coin ;) Managed to narrow it down to a Constantine I, Lyons, AE follis. 313-314 A.D ;D Title: Re: First Roman coin!!! Struggling to ID Post by: Val Beechey on November 20, 2016, 09:29:04 PM Maybe Specsavers ain't what they're cracked up to be ::)
Title: Re: First Roman coin!!! Struggling to ID Post by: congerman on November 21, 2016, 12:35:31 AM well done on the coin nice find
Title: Re: First Roman coin!!! Struggling to ID Post by: probono on November 21, 2016, 11:29:30 AM If you look at the letters visible (...IANVS) and then compare it to how the legend is spaced on these coins (follis) then it's most likely to be Maximianus, with the Genio Populi Romani reverse.
I can't make out the mint mark, but I probably would 'in hand' here's the wildwinds page to narrow it down further:- http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/maximianus/t.html (http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/maximianus/t.html) dates to around 300AD Title: Re: First Roman coin!!! Struggling to ID Post by: spaceonwhite on November 22, 2016, 11:46:54 AM If you look at the letters visible (...IANVS) and then compare it to how the legend is spaced on these coins (follis) then it's most likely to be Maximianus, with the Genio Populi Romani reverse. I can't make out the mint mark, but I probably would 'in hand' here's the wildwinds page to narrow it down further:- [url]http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/maximianus/t.html[/url] ([url]http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/maximianus/t.html[/url]) dates to around 300AD Hi probono. You're right! Looking at the coin up close, it's definitely Maximianus. Great spot :D Title: Re: First Roman coin!!! Struggling to ID Post by: ian the nomad on November 22, 2016, 07:09:56 PM Well saved lets hope there's more to come from that field.
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