ROMAN COIN I D?

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Any help, it is needed.

Tried going on web but came up with
so many coins. Also tried E-bay ,
1455 items :P

Think it would be Roman; area found
would be North Africa. Bit smaller than
a dime; composition unknown.

Could very well be a forgery.
Good story but.............Purchased in
a market; peddler had three coins in
a handkerchief; wanted 20 US dollars each, said
he found them in ruines; took $1 in the end
for one of them. :P

Thanks for any help . I D of figure or head?





all have a good un...........
SHERMANVILLE

 

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[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Perhaps better photos.

 

[Gunner]

Coin is authentic. Constantius II AE4 with SPES REIPVBLICE Reverse.

Emperor: Constantius II
Obverse: DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG
Bust Type: Pearl Diadem Curiassed
Reverse: SPES REI-PVBLICE
Exergue: SMTSA
Mint: Thessalonica
Attribution: RIC VIII Thessalonica 213
RIC Rarity: c2 (Common 2)
Diameter: 15-16 mm
Date Struck: 355-361 A.D.


http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/bigpic.cgi?img=coins/./new.aah.1/constantiusii__thessalonica_RIC_VIII_213.jpg&ruler=./new.aah.1/i.html

Gunner

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Gunner,

thank you so very much for the information.

You da man

have a good un..........
SHERMANVILLE

 

[captain Jack]

although I have no chance of finding one in the ground, I now and then buy roman coins and use this site to I.D. them. It may be useful to some of you who find them.

Nice coin BTW!

http://tjbuggey.ancients.info/rome.html

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

captain Jack,

thanks for the site.

That was one I went to when I first recevied
the coin. I know nothing about Roman coins
and had no place to start. Coins, coins, and more
coins Dang Romans sure had a mess of them.

Thanks for your post.

have a good un..........
SHERMANVILLE

 

[Gunner]

These sites you may find valuable as well for ancient coin attribution:

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/findstr.html

http://www.coinarchives.com/a/

http://www.dirtyoldcoins.com/idindex.html

http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm

http://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/index.html


And, of course, you can always come here and post in the ID help section. I will gladly help you to the best of my ability with your ancient coin attributions.

Regards,

Gunner

 

[PBK]

These might be of interest, too.

http://www.romancoins.info/Content.html

http://vcrc.austincollege.edu/

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/