12/11/2023 0 Comments Ancient roman coins identification(Dedicated to) the foresight of our Caesars Snuffed it, etc…).īecause of the vows of our Caesars (pledged) for ten years A coin with the name of the child with the title “AVG” was mintedĪfter 337 (the year Constantine shuffled off this mortal coil. Title of Augustus (“AVG”) was only granted to the children of Constantine after Coins of Crispus andĬonstans are easier to pick out by counting the letters. Locate the name and look for the all-important “N” which makes theĭifference between “CONSTANTINVS” and “CONSTANTIVS”. Person on the coin don’t pay too much attention to the titles (“FL”, “IVL”,Įtc…). coins of his sons (the not-nearly-so-great). This alone will help you ID coins ofĬonstantine (the Great) vs. Note that the coins in this era identify Constantine as Augustus (“AVG”) and his That Constantine named his daughter “Constantia” (if you find one of her coins,Ĭall me at ‘203 790-1669’ - they are rarer than political scruples). Has shown less originality in naming his sons.* It probably won’t surprise you Great, his Sons and Rivals (320 – 337 A.D.)Ĭonstantine Jr., Constantius, Constans, Licinius and Licinius Jr. Identifiable set of Emperors and reverses and this guide is pointed toward Eighty percent of the coins you will come across fall into an The gold issues demonstrateĪ great deal more artistic effort (and no, you will never find one of those in In the designs they placed on their bronze coinage. The fact is that the great majority of theseĬoins are from a handful of Emperors, and these Emperors showed little variety My less-than-helpful answer is always “pattern-matching”. The constantly repeated question is “How do you do it?” Up with a coin they considered an unidentifiable slug and return to theirįriends with an attribution as to type or emperor. Outlet there, and my ego benefits greatly from having student after student come The skills I’ve picked up fromĬleaning a few thousand of these little bronze nuggets find their only useful Their coins and helping the kids identify them. Working with ACE is going to a school where the students are well into cleaning With Links Added to FORVM's Catalog and Helvetica's RIC Tables! _AGRIPPA* searches for all legends that have one letter then AGRIPPA followed by any number of letters.ĭNIOHANNESPAVG searches for DNIOHANNESPFAVG and DNIOHANNESPPAVG. IMPC*DOMI* searches for all legends that begin with IMPC, followed by any number of letters which contain DOMI. *DOMITIAN* searches for all legends that contain DOMITIAN. *RPP searches for all legends that end in RPP. IMPC* searches for all legends that begin with IMPC. Use this wildcard when you are certain an obscure letter is not specific letters. Use for any single character not within the specified range (for example, ) or set (for example, ). Use this wildcard for letters that look alike when worn or poorly struck. Use for any single letter within a specified range (for example, ) or set (for example, ). Use an underscore ( _ ) for single letters you cannot read. Use * for groups of letters you cannot read. If you cannot read the entire legend, the following “wildcard” characters may help: ![]() Identifying Common Late Roman Bronze Coins Ilya Prokopov's Fake Ancient Coin Reports
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