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Offline Adam B3

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Coin identification help.
« on: February 18, 2020, 07:27:11 pm »
I recently got this coin and I think it’s from the house of Constantine but I need help finding the exact coin. Thank you! :Tcircle_dot:
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Offline Blayne W

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Re: Coin identification help.
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2020, 07:43:39 pm »
I believe it to be

DN GRATIANVS PF AVG
GLORIA RO-MANORVM
dot BSISC in Exergue  R to right
RIC IX Siscia 14c,

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Offline Blayne W

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Re: Coin identification help.
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2020, 07:46:41 pm »
though it doesnt look like an R to me.  I thought initally it was a Z
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Offline Adam B3

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Re: Coin identification help.
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2020, 07:51:43 pm »
Do you know a direct link to the coin or have any idea of the material it could be made of?
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Offline Blayne W

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Re: Coin identification help.
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2020, 08:07:44 pm »
Similar to
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-159745

though yours looks like a dot to my eyes rather than Star
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Offline Blayne W

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Re: Coin identification help.
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2020, 08:08:37 pm »
If it is a Star then the mark in the right field could be a D
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Offline Adam B3

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Re: Coin identification help.
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2020, 08:22:37 pm »
Thanks for the link. But, I get signs that the back is different from the one in the link.I believe the coin is a mix of silver and bronze. You have any idea on a final verdict (the exact coin)?
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Offline Adam B3

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Re: Coin identification help.
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2020, 11:30:12 am »
Does anyone on the forum have a idea of the coin? ???
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Re: Coin identification help.
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2020, 12:34:03 pm »
Quote from: Adam B3 on February 19, 2020, 11:30:12 am
Does anyone on the forum have a idea of the coin? ???


Blayne is correct, Gratianus, emperor dragging capitive,  from Siscia. The only little uncertainty is the letter in the field.
That's already much more than to "have a idea" .
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Re: Coin identification help.
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2020, 12:41:39 pm »
This is a bronze coin of Gratian, minted in Siscia. It is either RIC (Siscia) 14 or 21. There are dozens of variations of these numbers (these are listed in tables in RIC) but they are defined by the various mintmarks in the reverse fields and exergual letters and I don't think that your coin is in a good enough condition to be able to recognize these. Try looking through acsearch or wildwinds.
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Re: Coin identification help.
« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2020, 02:27:17 pm »
Well thanks for the infomation! :afro:
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Re: Coin identification help.
« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2020, 02:41:49 pm »
There is no silver in this type.
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