✅ SOLVED Roman Coin ID?

romeo-1 · Oct 31, 2013

It's very small...would love to know it's age. Anyone have a resource for id'ing Roman coins?

DCMatt · Oct 31, 2013

Not much to go on... May we see the other side?

DCMatt

romeo-1 · Oct 31, 2013

I'm not even sure how to orient this side...but here it is.

Mackaydon · Oct 31, 2013

How small?
Like One gram and 13 mm in diameter?
Don....

romeo-1 · Oct 31, 2013

Mackaydon said:
How small?
Like One gram and 13 mm in diameter?
Don....

I don't have a scale but it IS 13mm...

Mackaydon · Oct 31, 2013

At 13mm and very light, I'm thinking Anglo-Saxon sceatta.
Don.....

romeo-1 · Oct 31, 2013

Mackaydon said:
At 13mm and very light, I'm thinking Anglo-Saxon sceatta.
Don.....

Interesting...

lost items recovery · Oct 31, 2013

Cool find congrats!

You may want to send a picture to a museum of the collection of which you may think it might be.
I had a hard time identifying a oriental item and called different oriental museums and was informed in was a Chinese it but no one knew what it was.
They sent me a email address and I sent them photos.
The were able to read the inscription and verify that it was written in some traditional Chinese writing.
I had no clue what it was and it was baffling for months!

Mackaydon · Oct 31, 2013

Wait till 'Cru' and his crew see this; they'll ID it quickly.
Don.

CRUSADER · Oct 31, 2013

Its a 4th C type, no legend to properly ID, but the reverse is 'soldier spearing fallen horseman'. This reverse type is (from memory) middle to late 4th C & only a few Emporers used it, so I'll let you do the rest. (no Dad needed)

CRUSADER · Oct 31, 2013

PS. it looks look it might be a 'barbarous imitation' of the forementioned type or sometimes called a local issue.

CRUSADER · Oct 31, 2013

OK, just checked my email & some further details for you:

AE4: AD348-361, Diadem head right. Soldier spearing fallen Horseman type with missing legend; FEL TEMP REPARATIO.

I think dad missed a trick with it being an imitation of the above. :thumbsup:

romeo-1 · Oct 31, 2013

Thanks for the information and ID...would this be considered common? Thanks!

CRUSADER · Nov 1, 2013

romeo-1 said:
Thanks for the information and ID...would this be considered common? Thanks!

In roman coin terms, YES. The possible imitation angle makes it slightly more interesting but not that much rarer as these also were produced in great numbers.