Thanks for the reply!

If authentic, this is definitely a Roman Imperial coin, probably from
the 4th century. The third line is MVLT. What looks like a backwards
N is (or should be) an M that might be crowded a bit.


Is MVLT really MULT? (I remember seeing roman inscriptions with a V
where there should've been a U, like FORVM, guessing the letter U hadn't
been invented in roman times?) Is it an acronym or does it literally
mean "maybe"?

VOT means vows and these common inscriptions roughly mean
"vows taken for ... years, and maybe for ... years" so the
second number must be larger than the first. Probably XX
and XXX, or XXX and XXXX.
So it refers to the vows the emperor took when he was sworn in? So if it
says "VOT p MVLT q" it means that the emperor had been in office for p
years when the coin was issued and hoped to be in office a total of q
years before he died/resigned/was killed?
So "vows takes for ..." is basically the same as the issue date on
modern coins? And the "and maybe for ..." is a guarantee that the coin
will be valid for at least a certain number of years, provided the
emperor stays in place?

Regards,
David