Ancient coin #1 - What is it?

[JakePhelps]

Does anyone know what this thing could be? got it in a lot of ancient coins from ebay....

 

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[JakePhelps]

come on i know theres people here who collect em

 

[greggww]

See if you can do a "rubbing" of it I can't see enough detail to tell anything about it.

 

[JakePhelps]

no such luck, it has too many small bits of corrosion on it

 

[PBK]

Looks Roman... maybe Constantius II (AD 317-361) , but hard to tell from photos. Try checking it out at WildWinds:
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/index.html

 

[jeff of pa]

I re Toned it For You Jake

 

[JakePhelps]

Thanks jeff it looks alot better

 

[LoDukeBear]

drawing on vague memory of coffee shop coin lessons from long ago..., offset means it was hand pounded by slaves, not artisans, late roman probably not much help, good luck. G

 

[folkert]

It is certainly a roman coin, either struck under the reign of Valens (364-378 A.D.) or Valentinianus I (364-375 A.D.). Folkert