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The listing, Great Roman coin - properly cleaned genuine ancient coin has ended.

Here is a genuine ancient Roman coin. It has been cleaned and shows some pretty good details, you can even make out a lot of the lettering! It's 1500-2000 years old.

Measures 1.7 centimeters across.

Questions & Comments

Great detail on this one, Veomega! "make out a lot of the detail"? I can read it all! This is Constantius II as Caesar. He was one of Constantine the Great's sons. This one was minted in Alexandria, Egypt before 337 AD.

Dec 7th, 2013 at 4:52:47 PM PST by

Thanks! For my own education; which words represent the Alexandria/Egypt mint?

Dec 7th, 2013 at 7:33:28 PM PST by

The mint mark is on the reverse, at the bottom. There's usually a line separating the picture and the mint mark. The SM means Sacra Moneta, Then the AL means Alexandria. Not sure what the following letter means (another A?). I'm not an expert, but I'm learning...

Dec 7th, 2013 at 7:45:13 PM PST by

...ahhh...okay, the final A in the Mint Mark is the Officina, or the department within the mint. A is the first officina, B is the second etc, but I have a couple that have a delta in Greek.

Dec 7th, 2013 at 8:20:59 PM PST by

Very interesting, ya I saw references in other sites about SMALA and SMALB, etc but wasn't sure what they were about.

Dec 7th, 2013 at 8:22:10 PM PST by

They definitely weren't consistent. Sometimes the Officina will be in Roman numerals, sometimes in Greek. And it can be at the end or the beginning of the mint mark.

Dec 7th, 2013 at 8:31:55 PM PST by

I think the Alexandria mint was active for some 270 years or so, I guess it makes sense for variations to occur.

Dec 7th, 2013 at 8:51:20 PM PST by

OMG. That's amazing. You're actually not supposed to clean them, because doing so lowers its value. I don't know why, though.

Dec 12th, 2013 at 7:35:10 PM PST by

You're not supposed to improperly clean them, you'll get rid of the patina. But this one is well done.

Dec 12th, 2013 at 7:41:21 PM PST by

I really really really really really really want it! But i spent almost all my credits ladt week... :(

Dec 12th, 2013 at 11:50:07 PM PST by

Very cool. Never had that many credits before, but in case I ever do....F&W :-)

Dec 13th, 2013 at 10:43:52 PM PST by

Great Roman coin - properly cleaned genuine ancient coin is in the Collectibles | Coins category