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hi , any chance you could have a go at some roman coins i need an id on and roman coins are not a strong point of mine .
regards and thanks
j,,m

Good going Seeker and in pretty good condition too. It an AE4? of Allectus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allectus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allectus)

nice roman my friend ;)

great id , thanks loads  :)

how about this one

Yep once again nice condition, your soil is very kind by the looks of things. It's Claudius II 268-270AD

Nice coins!

thanks , yes they come from charky soil , i drive a lot of miles to find them . mind you not all are as good .

try this one , i have it as 1 of 3 ladies

LOL OK come on put them all up ;D
That one was a bit more difficult, It's Theodora, second wife of Constantius I
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavia_Maximiana_Theodora (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavia_Maximiana_Theodora)

 thanks again ;D
 i thought it would be less confusing one at a time as ive a fair few i need id on if you dont mind helping  .

here are the next two

First one is Constans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constans)

And the second one is Crispus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispus)

again your ability to read these coins is quite something , guess with practice i will get there .

try these  :)

both from the house of constantine -- 4th century. .  gate tower reverse. [i do like them!]

Not 100% on the second, but I think they are both of Constantine the Great

Geoff -- does the 2nd one read CONSTANTININUS on the obverse?

Who ??? :D
No I think the last three letters are the normal AVG, and with the helmeted bust my money's on Constantine.

great i can go with that id  :)


i think these are carausius , what do you think ?

Lol -- i can read constantin  then there appears to be 2 letters before the AVG.


[sorry for late reply - had to unblock a sink!]

Yes your spot on with those

 ;D great glad i can get some right .

these wont be easy  ::)

Well I believe the first one is once again Claudius II with a Divo Claudio reverse, Barbarous radiate issue.
But I'm afraid you have got me beat on the second one :-\ :-[

im such a plumb i put wrong reverse up with 2nd coin  , sorry about that :-[ . first pic is the real reverse .

last of them for tonight  ;D thanks loads

Ahh OK well that's a bit easier (I think) the first one believe it or not is Constantine, no not in drag, similar to this one;
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantine/_antioch_RIC_viii_039.jpg (http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantine/_antioch_RIC_viii_039.jpg)

Next is good old Septimius Severus

Then once again Crispus
and finally Constantine

very many thanks  , good of you to take the time . and i think i learnt a bit too :)
may put some more on tomorrow  ;D

here we go again with a few more romans i need id on .

1 and 3 are Constantine and the centre one is Probus

you know your emperors  :)

and these if you please

Oh I see throwing in a couple of Barbarous issues hu ??? lol

Well No.2 is Constantius II
1 and 3 I would be 80% happy to say are both Carausius

great stuff  ;D

next we have a Squilla  but who ?
then a stunning coin
and another  ;)

Bloody Hell Seeker.....are you sure you wernt born a Ceasar in a past life...nice coins though........ ;D

The siliqua is from that that horrible 4thC period when the portraits begin to get a little too stylised and with it being clipped it hasn't made it any easier but if I had to put any money on it, then I would say Honorius.
2nd has me beat I'm afraid, pretty sure the portrait is Constantine but portraits are useless during the house of Constantine, so you may have to mark that one down as "early 4thC"
3rd is Constantius II

yes not much to go on with the silver , thanks tho


and theres more  :)

No.1 is of Constans, a nice coin as it shows the Chi-Rho symbol on the banner, one of the first coins to show it.
No.2 is once again Constantine
No.3 I'm afraid could be one of about 10 Barbarous issues, even the legend would seem to have been shortened.

 yes really nice the Chi-Rho coin , very pleased with that .
thanks for all this not many more for now  ;)

first im sure is a Barbarous issue but interesting .