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« on: November 20, 2016, 06:35:54 PM »
What a great feeling it is finding your first Roman coin  Grin Grin Problem is I'm struggling to ID it. Going to have to put a Roman coin book on my Christmas list  Cheesy Any ideas?

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« Reply #1 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 !!..👍
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« Reply #2 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.
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« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2016, 07:22:37 PM »
Looking at the head up close I think it's male
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« Reply #4 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  Wink
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« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2016, 07:36:36 PM »
Quote from: 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  Wink

Wow, great ID! Thanks Romana  Cheesy Cheesy
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« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2016, 08:09:20 PM »
Told you....😀.....well you gotta av a go ain't cha ...!!!!... LOL...👏👏👏👏...👈....👍
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« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2016, 08:38:18 PM »
Quote from: 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  Wink

Managed to narrow it down to a Constantine I, Lyons, AE follis. 313-314 A.D  Grin
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« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2016, 09:29:04 PM »
Maybe Specsavers ain't what they're cracked up to be  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2016, 12:35:31 AM »
well done on the coin nice find
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« Reply #10 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

dates to around 300AD
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« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2016, 11:46:54 AM »
Quote from: 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

dates to around 300AD


Hi probono.

You're right! Looking at the coin up close, it's definitely Maximianus. Great spot  Cheesy
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« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2016, 07:09:56 PM »
Well saved lets hope there's more to come from that field.
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