More help identifying ancients

greeneserrors

I have aquired these ancients over the last few years and am having trouble identifying them. Any help would be appreciated or directions to help would be helpful too!

I have info on some but not sure if some of it is correct.


This is Roman about 21mm

Coin 1 obv

Coin 1 rev



This is Ancient middle east, possibly Kabul Afghanistan 850-970 A.D.?

Coin 2 obv

Coin 2 rev



This is Roman, possibly 100-300 A.D.?

Coin 3 obv

Coin 3 rev



I believe this is Roman

Coin 4 obv

Coin 4 rev



Roman as well

Coin 5 obv

Coin 5 rev



I believe this is Greek

Coin 6 obv

Coin 6 rev



Roman

Coin 7 obv

Coin 7 rev



I appreciate the help, I'm still trudging away at more, this area of collecting is so interesting

Thanks

lordmarcovan

#1- Roman, 4th century. The FEL TEMP REPARATIO legend on the reverse and the soldier spearing a fallen horseman tells us that this is a centenionalis. I'm told that the abbreviations FEL TEMP REPARATIO translates (very loosely) to something along the lines of, "Happy Days Are Here Again". In other words, propaganda, saying, "We're big, we're bad, and we're back again." It was an empty boast, though- the Roman Empire was pretty much headed downhill by this time.

#3- Roman provincial. This is probably a tetradrachm struck in one of the provinces.

#4- if that is Roman, it is also a provincial, since the inscriptions are in Greek. It is either ancient Greek or Roman provincial. Generally speaking, from the very small amount I know, ancient Greek coins tend to be struck on thicker flans than the Roman stuff that came later.

#5- another 4th century Roman.

#6- you might be right- it may be Greek. Then again, another Roman provincial is not out of the question, either. I don't really know, though I vaguely recognize the portrait on there.

#7- yep, definitely Roman, probably 4th century.


Sorry I haven't been able to add much that you didn't already know. I have a little bit of experience in these now, but am still a bit green at attribution, and it's hard with the later stuff when you can't read the legends. The 1st century stuff is usually a lot easier because the portraits were much more individualistic, so even if the legends are incomplete, you can ID them from the portrait. The 4th century stuff, on the other hand, had much more generic portraiture, and so it's harder to pin down to a specific emperor unless you can read the legends or identify a particular reverse design. (A lot of the reverse designs were generic, too.) These coins are probably identifiable, but not by me- I can confirm their general time period, loosely, but that's about it.

Sapyx

#2 is certainly a "bull-and-horseman" jital of the Shahi kingdom in what is now Afghanistan. Here's a few pages of them on zeno.ru. I can't date these accurately, but the artwork on yours isn't too crude, so it's in the early period. Your date range doesn't sound unreasonable.

#3 is indeed a tetradrachm from Roman Egypt. The obverse legend reads (in Greek letters) AVT K P LIK GALLIENOS SEB - that's emperor Gallienus, circa 265 AD. These coins bear more precise dates, given as the regnal year of the emperor, on the reverse - but I can't make it out on yours. Similar to this one on Wildwinds.

#4: Greek, city of Pergamon, region of Mysia. Pseudo-autonomous, circa 40-60 AD. Example on Wildwinds.

#6: Yep, this one's Greek, too. The portrait is a turreted Tyche, goddess of fortune and luck, and a popular symbol on the coins of many cities. The name of the city (or the king) is written in Greek, sideways, on the reverse - rotate the coin 90 degrees to the I can read ...EVK...; my best guesses are either a coin of a city named Seleukia or a coin from one of the Seleukid kings of Syria.

lordmarcovan

mojorizn

A little more on coin #1: Obverse legend appears to identify the emperor as Constantius II, SMK on reverse denotes the mint of Cyzicus. Can't make out the officina letter.

Coin #7 looks to be Constantius II as well with the two soldiers on the reverse with a legionary standard between. Mint looks to be Heraclea and Officina 1. The legend on the reverse reads GLORIA EXERCITUS, or "the glory of the army".

Mojo

greeneserrors

Thanks guys, If you can think of anything else let me know. I'm going to post the final 2 im having trouble with soon!

I appreciate it!

Ryan