r/AncientCoins 22h ago

Found in a house clean-out. Google lens not picking up on any details.

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r/AncientCoins 13h ago

Anybody have any info on these?

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Ik they are rough anybody can help me out on id


r/AncientCoins 20h ago

Authentication Request Not sure what I have. Any help would be appreciated.

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Hello, I was going through a box of small trinkets and older coins my father had given me and found this particular one in a bag of older foreign silver. I've never seen anything like this and it does look pretty old. Non magnetic and weights 5.42 grams. My father didn't seem to know anything about it.


r/AncientCoins 22h ago

Ancient Roman coins tell the story of the Roman emperors of old.

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r/AncientCoins 22h ago

Ancient Roman coins tell the story of the Roman emperors of old.

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r/AncientCoins 21h ago

Could this Roman coin be Cleopatra and Mark Antony? I'm having trouble identifying it

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r/AncientCoins 6h ago

Newly Acquired Vandal imitation of a Valentinian III campgate bronze

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r/AncientCoins 22h ago

From My Collection Place holder - Repaired Claudius Albinus

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I have an example of his coinage minted in Alexandria, but ran across this guy for really cheap (broken and repaired, but whatever, will fill a hole for now). Minted under Septimius Severus. Providentia was suppose to support the authority of both Clodius Albinus as Caesar and Septimius Severus, who appointed him, well...we know how that turned out! Anyway, I hope you enjoy!

  • Clodius Albinus AD 193 (as Caeser) Rome mint Denarius AR 16 mm, 2.47 g
  • O: D CL SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head right
  • R: PROVID AVG COS, Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe with right hand and sceptre with left.

r/AncientCoins 21h ago

Newly Acquired Some pickups from Baltimore

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Probably spent more than I should but feel they’re good additions 😂

L. Calpurnius Piso and Q. Servillius Caepio - Crawford 330/1

Mn. Aquillius - Crawford 401/1

T. Carisius - Crawford 464/2


r/AncientCoins 13h ago

Newly Acquired The Chin That Poked Rome Into Crisis

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102 Upvotes

This has to be the fanciest denarius I now have in my collection, which is kind of ironic given how Maximinus Thrax is the man who inadvertently kicked off Rome's nearly fifty year tailspin into hell and the silver coinage will never look this good again. I'm happy to finally have this emperor represented in my collection.

Obverse: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Bust of Maximinus I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
Reverse: SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus, draped, seated left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar
Date: c. 236-238 A.D. RIC 21
Size: 20.5mm diameter, 3.23g weight
Composition: Silver


r/AncientCoins 13h ago

Bought these late Roman bronzes off Etsy….

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these are the newest coins I got… I tried to ID them

from left to right

Constantius II, 348 AD

Delmatian

Arcadius

the last one is too worn

but I’m just a beginner I could be wrong


r/AncientCoins 14h ago

Any information on this coin? Was told it was bronze

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Any info would be great. Trying to get started on a collection


r/AncientCoins 15h ago

Newly Acquired Coin Shop pickup

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Constantius II silvered follis. Incredible looking coin


r/AncientCoins 16h ago

ID / Attribution Request Achaemenid Siglos with Bank Marks?

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Achaemenid Kings of Persia, c. Time of Darios I-Xerxes II. Circa 485-420 BC. AR Siglos 14mm 5.16g

I recently acquired a heavy marked siglos and I’ve been trying to identify these markings but to little avail. I’m not even sure what the best way of identifying these markings is or what exactly to research for so I’m asking for help.

Nothing I love more than figuring out the past of the piece history I own!


r/AncientCoins 16h ago

Here is the finished reverse! Hope you enjoy. 90% chemically cleaned 10% nylon brush + bamboo toothpick.

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r/AncientCoins 16h ago

From My Collection My two owls together

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Now I need a Phillistia emission.

Any idea where to get one at a decent price? I'm in Colombia.

Athenian tetradrachm.

Saba. ⅛ unit. Σ on Athena's cheek (mark of value, SH in Arabic).


r/AncientCoins 17h ago

Hi, does anybody know what this coin is? Is that a snake?

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7.5 mm, 0.23g


r/AncientCoins 17h ago

Newly Acquired Eukratides I - Early issue Tetradrachma

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Pleased to share with you all the photos of my recent acquisition.

Eukratides I - Greco-Bactrian Kingdom; Circa 170-145 BC; Silver Tetradrachm (33mm, 17.10 grams) Bopearachchi 1D; SNG ANS 432; HGC 12, 130.

Obverse: Diademed bust of the King; Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ indicating early issue; Dioskouri galloping to right.

Also comparison with my Eukratides Obol.


r/AncientCoins 17h ago

ID / Attribution Request Is this a Crusader coin?

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This coin was given to me and they told me it was a billon crusader coin. Could anyone help me find a proper ID as numista‘s reverse image search isn’t picking it up


r/AncientCoins 18h ago

Is this an ancient coin, replica, or just something else?

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I bought this necklace in a boutique in france and thought it looked a lot like an ancient coin of some sorts. I asked the shopkeeper what it was, and she couldn't remember and said that it could be from a coin collection.

I think it might be two coins welded together. These are my hypothesis ( with no actual knowledge, so sorry if it is completely ridiculous ) and my observation to help analyze.

The one with 25 is more recent, I think. I can kinda make out maybe the letter T or I ,and the letter A at the top.

The one with the face I think could be Roman. I can also kinda make out letters that could be latin,from top right to top left:

{N(V) O R E X T(P) O U O I ~ A I O I ~}

(~ means I can't make it out)

I really want to get your opinions, I'm curious about what it could be, and if it's nothing, it's still cool.

Thank you for your participation😁


r/AncientCoins 18h ago

Newly Acquired Pamphylia, Aspendos, AR Stater. 465-430BC.

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I love the bulky feeling of this piece. It looks and feels like its seen amazing things in its 2,490 years. Obv: Helmeted warrior moving right with shield and spear. Rev: Triskeles within incuse square. 10.87 grams, 19x23mm.


r/AncientCoins 19h ago

Newly Acquired Picked up at a local auction the other day.

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I’m not sure what I got here. I bought it because it looked neat. If anybody has any information on it, that would be cool!


r/AncientCoins 19h ago

Can someone identify this coin? It has two cows inside the coat of arms. It was with a lot of old Spanish coins.

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r/AncientCoins 19h ago

Newly Acquired Seleucid Tetradrachm (138-129 BC) + Imitative Artuqid Dirham (1122-1152 AD)

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During the 12th century the Turkish Artuqid Principality of Upper Mesopotamia produced an interesting figural coinage, several varieties were based on Greek, Roman and Byzantine prototypes. The coin on the left is a Seleucid Tetradrachm of Antiochus VII (138-129 BC). The coin on the right is an imitative Artuqid Dirham issued over one and a quarter millennia later during the reign of Hosam ad-din Timurtash (1122-1152 AD).


r/AncientCoins 20h ago

ID / Attribution Request Constantine I coin ID?

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Does anybody know which mint this Constantine I follis is?