Please help with an ancient Roman coin

ChangeInHistory · February 19, 2006 10:53AM

Forgive me, I'm one of many U.S. coin 'lemmings' I've looked and can't find out what this is. Thanks guys.

earlwbollinger · February 19, 2006 11:29AM

I am a bit too lazy at the moment to go look for the Sear number but.
But that looks like a commemorative coin minted for the 1100 year anniversary of the founding of Rome in 348Ad by Emperor Constantine the Great.
That is the helmeted goddess Roma on the obverse with a image of Romulus and Remus and the she wolf that raised them. Romulus and Remus founded Rome about 735BC at its ancient and current location according to Roman Mythology.
I happen to have one of those coins too. Apparently Constantine had a whole bunch of them minted too.

ChangeInHistory · February 19, 2006 11:56AM

Thank you, sir! I knew it was Roman because of the Romulus/Remus/she-wolf theme, but couldn't give it a date/emperor. I don't much info on ancients and got tired of searching Harlan Berk's site and e-bay. I take it nothing too valuable, but still interesting. Thanks again

WillieBoyd2 · February 19, 2006 1:17PM

Here's one which looks like yours:

AE3 Constantinople - Nikomedia mint - 330-337 AD - AE3/4 Urbs Roma - Antioch mint

(Right coin)

http://dougsmith.ancients.info/voc5.html

earlwbollinger · February 19, 2006 10:45PM

Well looking it up, it is Sear number 3894, minted between 330 and 346 AD. These would be roughly equal to our pennies of today.
If I remember right his heirs continued to allow these to be minted for quite a few years afterwards too.
It was valued at around $15 dollars in the 1988 Sear book edition, but that probably doesn't mean a whole lot nowadays.

Please help with an ancient Roman coin

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