Constantine roman coin

[sajtikus]

Can you give me an ID?

 

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[Mackaydon]

Maybe this one:

Constantine II AE follis. 337-340 AD. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head right / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, campgate with two turrets, star above. Mintmark Epsilon SIS double crescent. Siscia mint.
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[sajtikus]

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Why is there a hole?

 

[UnderMiner]

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Why is there a hole?

Somebody punched a hole so they could wear the coin on a string around their neck so they wouldn't lose it. Pockets were yet to be invented and coin purses cost money, so poor people had to punch holes in coins and litterally wear them like beads on a string.

 

[Red-Coat]

Why is there a hole?

Somebody punched a hole so they could wear the coin on a string around their neck so they wouldn't lose it. Pockets were yet to be invented and coin purses cost money, so poor people had to punch holes in coins and litterally wear them like beads on a string.

I don't think there's much evidence to support multiple coins being worn on strings by poor people in Roman times so they didn't lose them.

A rather more likely explanation is that they were used as adornments on clothing and other items, or as necklace charms in both contemporary and later times (sometimes in loyalty to the depicted Emperor if contemporary).

 

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