Hi, all -- I'm revising my document on shortcuts to identifying common reverses, and I have a couple of questions for the experts. First, is it accurate to say...
Hi Georgia, If your coin actually has three standing figures on the reverse - and we can assume from the size and metal that it is neither the 3 Graces or 3...
Greetings! We could use some help with the mintmark of my coin. http://tinyurl.com/2fqpbd We think we've identified it as Valentinian I, GLORIA ROMANORUM, but ...
Dusta, I'm not sure of course, because the picture is pretty unclear, but it seems to be one of the Siscia mint marks, like "ASISCR" The mint at Siscia,...
A_name: Vladimir, P B_school: Red River College D_Metal: Bronze E_Diameter: 20 F_Weight: ? G_Bust_Facing: Facing (looking at you!) H_facing_comments: A...
Hi Vladimir, I rather suspect you're not one of our normal ACE students - and your "coin" certainly isn't within the field we usually cover. Also, I can't...
A_name: Marguerite V B_school: Ben Franklin Academy D_Metal: Bronze E_Diameter: 19 F_Weight: G_Bust_Facing: Right H_facing_comments: I_headgear: laurel wreath ...
Hi Marguerite, You certainly have the advantage of an extremely easily readable set of legends and crystal-clear exergual mint mark - you should have no...
Hi, Mark -- I am going to reply for Marguerite, only because we only have one more day of class together before summer vacation, and I think she would enjoy...
Kate and Marguerite, That exergual mint mark is R * T - for the third officina at Rome - the "R's" at rome are usually of odd shape. It's RIC VII, Rome, #...
Thanks so much, Mark. I'm looking forward to sharing all this with Marguerite. It's a comfort to learn that "the R's at Rome were usually of odd shape,"...
Sorry to waste your valuable time, folks, but as both a copyeditor and a Latin teacher, I just can't let "ad inifinitum" hang out there in cyberspace like a...
Kate, Unlikely as it might seem, that's the sort of "R" used in mint marks by Rome - sort of an upside-down "U" with a slightly slanted crossbar - although...
Hello, First off, it would be great if we had your first name so we could identify you and your coin - as opposed to anyone else who might have written in -...
I forgot to add that the earlier types have one, and later types of the emperor-in-galley-steered-by-Victory reverse have another legend on the reverse - those...
Hi, We try to offer as much help as we can in ID'ing coins for folks, but we're not completely clarevoyant. It would really help if you could give us a little...
A_name: B_school: D_Metal: Bronze E_Diameter: 15 mm F_Weight: .9 g G_Bust_Facing: Right H_facing_comments: I_headgear: Pearl diadem J_head: K_Bust_Type: Draped...
Hi, I see you have favored us with some metrics on your coin - that's always a help. What I'm unsure about is why you have not attempted to describe what you...
A_name: morgan t B_school: linganore high school D_Metal: other/not sure E_Diameter: 10 F_Weight: G_Bust_Facing: Right H_facing_comments: I_headgear: other/not...
hello. my name is morgan. i was wondering if anyone could help with in indentifying my latin coin. i am completly clueless. and i could use the help a.s.a.p! ...
Morgan, Send a description and if possible a scan of the coin (just lay it on a flat-bed scanner) and we'll get you some help. Scott Uhrick ACE ... [Non-text...
Scott, Morgan did fill out the on-line, automated help form. see below: I'm a little confused by some of the entries - Morgan, did you seriously mean that this...
A_name: Alexis S. B_school: Linganore High School D_Metal: Copper E_Diameter: ? F_Weight: ? G_Bust_Facing: Right H_facing_comments: if you are looking at the...
