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Offline lynn h

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Help identifying roman coin
« on: July 19, 2016, 05:19:08 am »
Was given this roman coin and having lots of trouble identifying...any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
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Re: Help identifying roman coin
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2016, 08:11:12 am »
I think it may be too worn to identify.
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Re: Help identifying roman coin
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2016, 08:38:16 am »
Size and weight may help...

 the first picture looking like Constantinus the Great consecratio--veiled bust right  ???

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Re: Help identifying roman coin
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2016, 09:08:35 am »
Its 2.2 grams 5/8 of an inch? Thank you very much for the replies already!
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Re: Help identifying roman coin
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2016, 09:51:43 am »
There are a few tricks with very worn coins.  Holding it to the side of a strong lamp and tilting it back and forth to adjust the angle - the light will play differently over the surface.  Wetting it with water.  Unfortunately, while these might help you to see some more details any revealed details are not very easy to capture in photos.

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