Roman coin?

[Savvas J]

I found this tiny coin. Looks like roman. I cant find it online. Any idea?

[Jay GT4]

Welcome to Forum.

Yes, a Roman coin from the Constantine dynasty.

[Savvas J]

Thank you for you answer. Do you know exactly which coin it is? Can you send me a photo? I searched Constantine coins but none of them much.

[Jay GT4]

I don't collect this late but I'm sure someone else will chime in. It's likely one of Constantine's sons Constans, Constantius...  search for one of them and two soldiers.  The mint mark is not visible.  It would be under the soldiers on the reverse, but I believe the reverse inscription should be GLORIA EXERCITVS.

[Savvas J]

Thanks again Jay. Still nothing.. im looking for this coin over a month now.

[Justin W]

The emperor is either Thedosius II or honorius. The type is Gloria romanorvm with two emperors facing each other and each holding spear and shield. I think the mint is either Heraclia, Nicomedia, or Cyzicus. Here’s a picture from wild winds of a theodosius type.

https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/theodosius_II/RIC_0396.jpg

[Pekka K]

Honorius or Theodosius Gloria Romanorum, like:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-106850

Pekka K

[Justin W]

Ha, just while I was editing my comment Pekka beat me to it! But, the picture pekka uses is of the emperors holding a globe between them. Your example is the emperors having a shield and spear.

[Savvas J]

Thank you Pekka. Thank you Justin. Close one but if you watch close the left emperor or soldier, his foot is touching an "O". And the face of that guy in frond doesn't match with any emperor. Maybe he was an emperor of a small village and this coin is one of a kind 

[Justin W]

Hey Savvas, this is definitely a late Roman coin, which means that the portrait is of an emperor. The coins of the late Roman Empire. The O you see is part of the mint mark, which may mean that the letter next to that is an n? which would line up with the Constantinople mint marks for this type. I’m going to provide two links below the first is this type under theodosius II from Cyzicus. The second this type under Honorius from Thesalonica. I’m not sure what you mean by the face not matching with any Roman emperors, but the portrait matches with a couple late Roman emperors. But, it can only be honorius or theodosius II so that narrows it down. Also remember not all portraits are going to look alike on each coin.



https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1611358

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4801551

[Savvas J]

Hey Justin and thank you for your time. The problem is that i looked all emperor's portraits and their alternatives and none match. I cant find the same coin.

[Pekka K]

Unfortunately you did not give size nor weight of your coin.
Here is thise type of coin from Constantinople:

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=317619

Pekka K

[Savvas J]

Wow Pekka thank you. The reverse looks the same with those round bellys. But who is rhe emperor of the portait?

[Savvas J]

The size its about 1 cm. Sorry i cant weight it.

[Pekka K]

I am not able to read the obverse legend on your coin,
but the number of letters point to the shorter name: Honorius.

Pekka K

[Savvas J]

Thanks for your time Pekka

[Jay GT4]

Well I was close not his sons but still in the family.

You're unlikely to find an exact match because these coins were struck by the tens of thousands, and each die was made by hand, unlike today's coins.  But, I think the others have narrowed it down as best as possible.   Welcome to the world of  ancient coins!