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Ari E

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My first cleaned coin
« on: October 01, 2022, 10:11:14 pm »
I cleaned my first coin today. It didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would. Now for the big question - what is it?

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Re: My first cleaned coin
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2022, 01:31:42 am »

Obverse reads VRBS ROMA and shows bust of Roma left.

Picture of reverse  gives better id.

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Ari E

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Re: My first cleaned coin
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2022, 01:36:18 am »
Thank you, I was having a hard time reading the letters. Now that you've pointed that out it's clearly the VRBS Roma coin. I'm posting an image of the back too. You can see the wolf and the twins, but the text that would be under the twins is on the part of the coin that's been eroded over time, so unfortunately we'll never get the mint mark. However we have the coin, so I'm happy.

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Re: My first cleaned coin
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2022, 04:59:37 pm »
Yes, despite the lack of mint mark it is still the classic symbol of ancient Rome.

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Re: My first cleaned coin
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2022, 12:54:49 pm »
I cleaned my first coin today. It didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would. Now for the big question - what is it?

Nice! Where did you purchase from?
Looking for more underpriced uncleaned coins. Let me know if you find them.

 

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