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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 10-19-2007, 05:28 AM   #1 (permalink) De Orc P & R COMMISSAR     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London. UK Posts: 8,131 My Mood: Who is it LOL OK guy's been up for hours finishing cleaning some coins and now my brain has fried LOL I should know who this is but for the life of me I cant make head nor tail of the inscription Any ideas LOL __________________ My Notes 1176 to date 02/06/09 http://www.banknotebank.com/?collection=De-Orc My Coins 2168 to date 02/06/09 http://www.omnicoin.com/?collection=De-Orc Last edited by De Orc; 05-28-2008 at 07:14 PM.   10-19-2007, 09:01 AM   #2 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 16,664 Just some really old, dead guy! __________________ The Other Frank "Buy The Book Before The Coin!" http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....wUpcoming_1208   10-19-2007, 09:27 AM   #3 (permalink) De Orc P & R COMMISSAR     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London. UK Posts: 8,131 My Mood: Um are you sure he is dead? __________________ My Notes 1176 to date 02/06/09 http://www.banknotebank.com/?collection=De-Orc My Coins 2168 to date 02/06/09 http://www.omnicoin.com/?collection=De-Orc   10-19-2007, 10:10 AM   #4 (permalink) Cucumbor Coinaholic     Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: France Posts: 483 My Mood: Hello, It's IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG on obverse, with ORIENS on reverse. Cucumbor. PS, more precisions later when I get my books __________________ In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king   10-19-2007, 10:22 AM   #5 (permalink) Cucumbor Coinaholic     Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: France Posts: 483 My Mood: Hello again, Well, I would say cyzicus mint, 2n officina, 9th emission, AD 274/275 O : IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate bust right, draped and cuirassed R : ORIENS AVG, Sol advancing left, raising right hand and holding globe in left. Captive seated in left field. Letter B in right field (2nd officina). XXI at exergue Ref : RCV #11566, Rome X #1265 Cucumbor __________________ In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king Last edited by Cucumbor; 10-19-2007 at 10:24 AM.   10-19-2007, 10:44 AM   #6 (permalink) De Orc P & R COMMISSAR     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London. UK Posts: 8,131 My Mood: Quite right looked it up as soon as i seen your first response Aurelian 270 - 275 A.D. Antoninianus Obv: IMPCAVRELIANVSAVG - Radiate, cuirassed bust right. Rev: ORIENSAVG - Sol standing left, raising hand and holding globe; seated captive to left. 274-275 Minted at Cyzicus capital of Mysia RIC 360f, C 151 I have been sat looking at it for hours and my mind would not function LOL Again many thanks __________________ My Notes 1176 to date 02/06/09 http://www.banknotebank.com/?collection=De-Orc My Coins 2168 to date 02/06/09 http://www.omnicoin.com/?collection=De-Orc   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « Gela, Sicily River god coin | Not again, ICG! » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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