Radiate or Laureate?

Having some trouble properly attributing this coin (my new glasses wont be in for a week!). Is this obverse laureate or radiate? Based on the reverse it should be this coin here:

http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7069/

But the obverse looks kind of in-between laureate and radiate. Cant tell. Opinions?

 

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Laureate for sure.

 

I'm with VK and vote laureate.

 

Laureate, it has the ties.

 

Yes, but the RPC radiate example also has ties.

 

The laurel leaves are clear.

 

Laureate in my opinion.

 

I wanted to get opinions before I submit it for publication as it seems a new type.

 

Well, it certainly doesn't look like the photo in RPC, but I see a hint of spikes on a radiate crown:

 

I see this....

 

That is exactly what I see. Honestly I do think it is a radiate of some form (maybe just a bad celator?). I have only been able to track down one other example, from Peus:



I think the same obverse die for sure but not the same reverse. Peus avoids the issue by not giving a good description, just "head" as the obverse!

 

Ooooh, not seen those before, learned something else today, thanks Ken.

 

Well, it's interesting!

At first glance I was sure it was radiate but as RC and Ken noticed, there are hints of spikes in the head gear.

Maybe it is just the product of a confused engraver.

 

This could be the likeliest possibility. There are countless examples of where a celator began to do one thing, then ended up in a different direction leaving some interesting results. I am just not sure if it worth submitting or not.

 

So here it may take on this one. Could those lines be part of a metal band / frame to which the laurel leaves were attachedon the model being used here? They would be a continuation of the structure I started to highlight in yellow.