These Roman coins were found

[Ahmad4]

Hello all this time the original coins but we want those with experience to evaluate them or are there rare ones

 

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[smokeythecat]

I think they're 2nd to 3rd century AD for the most part, from the Roman Empire, not Republic. I'm not sure of the value, but with all those hoards coming out of Europe especially, Roman coins are not abundant but yours are especially nice.

 

[Kray Gelder]

They all are in excellent condition. I know nothing of Roman coins, but what strikes me is the patina on all of them is is exactly the same. Did they all come out of the same hole? Strange.

 

[Ahmad4]

They all are in excellent condition. I know nothing of Roman coins, but what strikes me is the patina on all of them is is exactly the same. Did they all come out of the same hole? Strange.

They did not come out of the same hole but from one area

 

[Mackaydon]

Ahmad4,
Great display !!
Were these coins found near Antioch, Syria?
Don....

 

[Dozer D]

To you history buffs, how were these coins produced? With a die, by hand, what type of metal used, mass produced by hand or some type of press? Very interesting coinage dating back 2000 yrs.+/-

 

[Mackaydon]

Dozer:

Don.........

 

[Mackaydon]

Ahmad,
By my count you presented 52 coins.
Prior to evaluating, each coin would first need to be ID-ed--and assumed to be authentic.
Many varieties of each of these coins may exist.
To properly ID each would take many hours--if not days-in my opinion.
Do you have a couple of coins that TN members might start on?
Don.......

 

[Ahmad4]

Ahmad,
By my count you presented 52 coins.
Prior to evaluating, each coin would first need to be ID-ed--and assumed to be authentic.
Many varieties of each of these coins may exist.
To properly ID each would take many hours--if not days-in my opinion.
Do you have a couple of coins that TN members might start on?
Don.......

Yes, it was found in Syria and it is present in Al-Ghal and you filmed it and sent it to the forum

 

[Mackaydon]

Your first coin:
Licinius I AE Follis. IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding globe and leaning on sceptre, eagle at left with wreath in its beak, captive right, in right field X-II Mu. Mintmark SMALB. RIC VII Alexandria 28; Sear 15226.
Note the coin was minted in Alexandria, Egypt, in the second 'officina' (workshop) of that mint--as shown by the 'B'.
Don.........

 

[Plumbata]

Great discoveries! I'm not well versed in all the varieties of Late Roman bronzes so there may be rare types that specialists would pick out, but at a quick glance these 3 circled in red caught my eye:



The 2 Constantine II (?) folles from Antioch I believe are commemorative coins and popular with collectors due to their unusual appearance, and the Vabalathus is probably not too common and also desirable as well.

I like the Antioch billon silver tetradrachms, The one at the top right looks like one of the Philipps and appears to be very high grade, it would probably clean up extremely well in the proper hands.

 

[Ahmad4]

Your first coin:
Licinius I AE Follis. IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding globe and leaning on sceptre, eagle at left with wreath in its beak, captive right, in right field X-II Mu. Mintmark SMALB. RIC VII Alexandria 28; Sear 15226.
Note the coin was minted in Alexandria, Egypt, in the second 'officina' (workshop) of that mint--as shown by the 'B'.
Don.........

Yes, this is always true. We find coins in Syria. Silence in Egypt, especially the Roman and Islamic era. Coins in Islamic Syria were silenced in Tunisia, Iran, Armenia and Spain in the 7th century.

 

[Ahmad4]

Great discoveries! I'm not well versed in all the varieties of Late Roman bronzes so there may be rare types that specialists would pick out, but at a quick glance these 3 circled in red caught my eye:

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The 2 Constantine II (?) folles from Antioch I believe are commemorative coins and popular with collectors due to their unusual appearance, and the Vabalathus is probably not too common and also desirable as well.

I like the Antioch billon silver tetradrachms, The one at the top right looks like one of the Philipps and appears to be very high grade, it would probably clean up extremely well in the proper hands.

I hope that experts in this forum are rare if they are rare

 

[Plumbata]

Maybe you can visit https://www.cointalk.com/forums/ancients/ and ask them, there are many experts on Roman coins there and they are usually very helpful.

Do you find Greek coins there also? I always prefer Greek coins.

 

[Mackaydon]

Plumbagta,
Yes, according to "A descriptive catalogue of rare and unedited Roman coins: from the earliest.........." by John Akerman (1834) the CONSTANTIVS CAESAR SMANTG is a rare coin that shows the younger Constantine, without legend.
Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=Kj_q0SlYFVwC&pg=PA257&lpg=PA257&dq=coin+smantg&source=bl&ots=7Ai8Hue6_S&sig=ACfU3U1MJ4Wt807228uj5aSi_9URlnjx-A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjIh6jnmvvgAhVCqJ4KHaqmBFoQ6AEwB3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=coin%20smantg&f=false
Don...
PS: The bottom left coin circled in red is more specifically described as:
ROMAN EMPIRE: Constantine I, 307-337 AD, AE3, Antioch, RIC-57, Cohen-110, struck AD 324-325, without legend, laureate head right / wreath above CONSTAN / TINVS / AVG / SMANTG.

 

[Ahmad4]

Maybe you can visit https://www.cointalk.com/forums/ancients/ and ask them, there are many experts on Roman coins there and they are usually very helpful.

Do you find Greek coins there also? I always prefer Greek coins.

Yes if you would like to send the pictures I will do so

 

[Mackaydon]

Ahmad,
Did you ever post the Greek coin pics?
Don in SoCal