So I've still got my pipes, and I still enjoy smoking them. During the more stressful period, smoking became something of a crutch. I dialed it back quite a bit, even going so far as to quit for 2-3 months. I'm back to smoking again, and I even bought my first new blend since I last visited Boswell's in Chambersburg prior to my family's move to New England.
However, I'm going to double-purpose this blog a little bit. It's not going to be all about pipes anymore. I'm also planning to use it to document some elements of my coin collection. Right now, I've got a couple of Roman coins that I'm trying to identify, so this is the place I'm going to post the pictures. Hopefully, someone over at the Coins Catalog forums will be able to tell me what I've got.
I have no illusions that these coins are valuable. I'm pretty sure they're not. But the historian in me wants to know what they are so that when it comes time to label them, I can at least do so with some modicum of accuracy.
So here they are.
This one is the mystery to me. I can't seem to find an image online of a similar coin. It's in pretty rough shape, and it's a lot thicker than the other one (see below).
I've got some idea of what this coin is. The image is likely of Constantius II, and the coin itself is probably a half centenionalis (that's the denomination). The words on the reverse read GLORIA EXERCITVS, meaning "Glory of the Army." Probably minted in 330 AD (or thereabouts, but I'm not sure).
So, if anyone looking at these has an idea of what they might be, please let me know. I'm going post about this on the Coins Catalog forums. Hopefully someone will have an idea of what I'm looking at.
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