Whatzit Coins......wanna take a stab at them?

[SgtSki in MI]

I don't even remember where I came across these or when. I came across them going through my stash of finds. I have included the Wheatie for size comparison ( I'm WELL aware what that one is )

Here's a shot of the obverses....you can see a profile of a head on both of them and some letters on the one on the left (Latin?)


And here's the reverses. What I see are images on people on both of them. The one on the right looks like an adult and a kid and there is more letters on the right edge.




I forgot all about even having these.......anyone have a clue of what they are. I want to say they're Roman of some type but in truth I don't have the foggiest.

Thanx in advance for any help!

HH,
SgtSki in MI

 

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[CRUSADER]

Yes Roman, both 4th century off the top of my head.

 

[SgtSki in MI]

8) COOL 8)

Thanks Crusader!!!

HH,
SgtSki

 

[La Beep]

Seals

 

[CRUSADER]

If the coins are below 15mm they are AE4’s so later 4th Century.

Coin 1 I believe is probably an AE3/4 of CONSTANTIVS II AD 337-361 (TIVS PF AVG visible) with Rev of either 2 Victories facing holding Wreath or 2 Soldiers either side of a single Standard. Not being able to see Rev text means I cannot clearly state which – I lean towards the 2 Victories type.

Coin 2 is an AE3/4 of circa AD 385-410. Rev is Victory dragging Captive left with I believe the SALVS REIPVBLICAE inscription. Emperor’s face is similar to THEODOSIUS I (AD 379-395) or ARCADIUS (AD 383-392) but could possibly be any of the Emperors around that period up to HONORIUS (AD 393-423)

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Nice coins! And hey! are the Steelhead still running on the white? I used to buy my wigglers (Mayfly larvae) there!~ Bait

 

[SgtSki in MI]

Nice coins! And hey! are the Steelhead still running on the white? I used to buy my wigglers (Mayfly larvae) there!~ Bait

Nope, the steelhead are done for now. Next will be suckers

 

[NGE]

I hear "suckers" run in bunches on Fee-Bay .....NGE

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Oh the suckers. Annoying ugly little fish!

 

[shaun7]

Oh the suckers. Annoying ugly little fish!

looks similar to our barble! i love catching those, they pull your arms off

 

[woody50]

Well that was easy for Crusader, nice determination. Easy to see that they are (were) Roman coins.....

 

[CRUSADER]

Oh the suckers. Annoying ugly little fish!

looks similar to our barble! i love catching those, they pull your arms off

Have you got them in your stretch? If so, & even if not we need to fish for them one day. I've only had a few small ones!

 

[shaun7]

Oh the suckers. Annoying ugly little fish!

looks similar to our barble! i love catching those, they pull your arms off

Have you got them in your stretch? If so, & even if not we need to fish for them one day. I've only had a few small ones!

got them about twenty mins from my house(not the same river) and i'm definately up for that!

they're up to 14lbs in there

 

[CRUSADER]

Oh the suckers. Annoying ugly little fish!

looks similar to our barble! i love catching those, they pull your arms off

Have you got them in your stretch? If so, & even if not we need to fish for them one day. I've only had a few small ones!

got them about twenty mins from my house(not the same river) and i'm definately up for that!

they're up to 14lbs in there

Well, I've just about run out of land, so after June 16th we are there!

 

[savant365]

Oh the suckers. Annoying ugly little fish!

looks similar to our barble! i love catching those, they pull your arms off

Have you got them in your stretch? If so, & even if not we need to fish for them one day. I've only had a few small ones!

Looks a lot like our Carp that we have around here. They put up one heck of a fight too. They are so bony though I don't even mess with trying to clean them. I posted a pic of the large mouth bass I caught this week, talk about a fight...WOW!

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,245005.0.html

Charlie

 

[ivan salis]

carps use wheatie balls -- or corn flake balls as bait.

 

[savant365]

carps use wheatie balls -- or corn flake balls as bait.

Never tried that but just a few kernels of corn right out of the can works great too.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

I dont know how we got from coins to suckers but, Yeah CRU we get them up to like 5- lbs in the rivers. They arent worth a darn to eat though. But, some hillbillies like to smoke them. And I don't mean roll them up and smoke them but, like bbq them. And, nice bass savant! Fattie!

 

[CRUSADER]

carps use wheatie balls -- or corn flake balls as bait.

Never tried that but just a few kernels of corn right out of the can works great too.

I carp fish & they will eat just about anything. Corn is the cheapest option & one of my Favs as well

 

[Woodland Detectors]

I can remember as a kid I would go down to the river with a can of Delmonte corn. I would take a handful and "chum" the hole first///It drove them crazy! I have caught carp way over 20 lbs And yes, they can fight. For those of you wondering what a steelheasd is, it is the best gamefish to catch in the world in my opinion! Basicly it is a hybrid ranibow trout that we have caught in small rivers that go over 20 pounds!