Real of Reproduction? Collectible or worthless?

Windycity

Picked up a collection of US and foreign coins and in it was this "ancient." My guess is fake but I know nothing about ancients. Real or fake? Worthless of collectible?

harasha

Could be real, but it looks like someone dipped it in acid to remove the patina.

coachbedford

I say it's absolutely genuine... a pretty common ancient Roman (though with really great detail intact) so it's doubtful someone would go to so much trouble to strike a fake. Not impossible, but doubtful. Stuff like the big ancient Greek silver coins-- those you have to REALLY careful about.

STLNATS

Common small bronze of Constantine the Great, ca 330 + or - a few years. The reverse is the "Glory of the Army" type with 2 standards between two soldiers. The letters on the exergue (bottom) of the reverse look like SMANT to me which would be the Antioch mint. Looks real to me, just harshly cleaned and not worth much - maybe a retail of $10 or so on a good day.

Windycity

Thanks all for the info

rec78

Appears real- But cleaned using electolysis -which removes the patina and leaves a raw copper look. Electolysis is an accepted method for cleaning ancients- but it does devalue them also IMHO . Yes it is still a collectable coin but not worth very much. Say $2-4. It appears to be a Constantine coin which is common. Bob