Hughie Dwyer

Wow! What a wonderful trip plan! Good luck! 

I hope that the weather serves you well and there's lots of fun to be had!

Link: Trajan denarius

Very nice coin @David Atherton.  Nice thread idea too! Congrats!

6 hours.

I think I'll go with this coin that I posted earlier on another thread. I hadn't looked at it for a while, but now I'm interested. 🤣

Progress is being made with research.🙃😁

Next: Commodus in the style of Hercules (number one on my wish-list)

Thank you @Ancient Coin Hunter! It's nice to know I'm somewhat 'on the right track'. 

You have quite a neat coin there too!

As our final examples, we have these:

Here, both these coins have been cleaned with harsh chemicals before purchase and so obscuring much of the important writing.

On the first, I have tried to discern the meaning but have had limited luck.

As for the latter, I have almost given up.

Many thanks for viewing,

HD

P.S.  Please feel free to notify me of any problems/mistakes with what I have put.

This is just one of my problems:

(sorry for the BAD photos)

I have this down as a Valens but I am beginning to think that this could be Valentinian I or even Valentinan II.

Hello all, 

Being new to collecting, I often encounter difficulties when trying to research my coins and the Empire itself. Usually, I work around them and everything works out fine.

However, there has been one problem hanging over me for some time:

Back when I first started collecting, I bought a lot of uncleaned/unresearched coins from the Late Roman Empire (not worth it in my opinion) and I have now come to the point that I feel I must properly identify them. I know the basics of each coin (e.g. the emperor, the obverse, the reverse) but finding the mints and the 'RIC value' seems impossible.

At last, after many hours of research, I have come to the FORVM to ask for the assistance from more experienced members.

I have a few questions:

What do you do if you can't properly identify a coin?

Can you always Identify a coin/a coin's mint?

How do I know if I have identified the right emperor? This sounds like a silly question but, to me, most of the portraits look the same and some of the coins don't have a readable legend to go by.

I will post pictures of the coins soon

Thanks in advance for any help - it is much appreciated!

Many thanks,

Hugh

Another two:

Great thread @kirispupis! I'm sad to have missed this a few days ago when I wasn't online. I thought that I might add one anyway - hope you like it!

Here is my silver penny of Edward I (I think). Admittedly, I know extremely little about the coin or of the period it came from. That is something that I hope to change. (Does anyone know anything about this coin?)

Anyway, here it is:

Edward I “Longshanks” Penny (1272-1307)

Here is a little info:

Edward I is credited with many accomplishments during his reign, including restoring royal authority after the reign of Henry III, establishing Parliament as a permanent institution and thereby also a functional system for raising taxes and reforming the law through statutes.

In the reign of King Edward I, this was the largest coin struck for regular usage. It was of such high quality silver that many were exported, melted down and then lower grade counterfeits or 'Sterlings' were issued. This was of course illegal and the penalty was death.

Born: 1239

Died: 1307

Royal house: Plantagenet

O: Bust of Edward I

R: Long cross with three pellets in each quarter

Coin Material: Silver

Dia: 20mm

After Caracalla's death, Macrinus became emperor, his time was short and was soon desposed of. Elagabalus came to the throne. 

He is said to have been a horrible emperor and not many people liked him. He is said to be one of (if not THE) worst emperor.

As my final coin for the day, we have Postumus. Formerly an army commander, he rose up against the emperor Gallienus and created his own empire - The Gallic Empire.

Geta-

Then you had his two sons - Geta and Caracalla. Long story short: they hated eachother. Caracalla murdered Geta "in his mother's arms".

Caracalla-

Here's a Septimius Severus. He fought in the civil war after the death of Commodus. It is known as the Year of the 5 emperors. 

Pertinax was murdered. Didus Julianus was killed. Albinus given title of Caesar to buy his support. Niger Defeated.

Severus back-stabbed Clodius Albinus and claimed the throne. He made his son Caracalla heir and Caesar.

Another coin that features a lot less on the forum is this one of Postumus.

I think that this coin is very nice and this period of minting is widely underrated. All of the most skilled minters were still in Rome but Postumus and his Gallic Empire mints still managed to create beautiful coins - especially his Gold aureii.

This coin is another with a galley on the reverse and is possibly due to a visit to Britain.

I'll go for the obvious - Hadrian

As many of you know, Hadrian is known for his extensive visits across the empire and subsequently created his 'Travel Series' of coins. Here's my only coin of his.

I'm not sure for what visit this was minted but, here is the coin:

Gallienus

Next: The coin that interests you most and why, please.👍😀

Massive congratulations! Best wishes!

This is my newest coin making its second appearance on the forum.

Horned Elagabalus:

I have collected these coins as this is another part of the empire that fascinates me - the stories of rivalry and war!

A lot of events happened in this dynasty and (possibly) it could even be labelled as one of the turning points of the empire.

2 Getas:

Caracalla:

Not being on in a while, I missed all of my favourite emperors to collect!😭🙃

Here are a couple coins which you might have seen before:

Septimius Severus:

Link: another Antoninus Pius!😀

Link- Nerva