Here are the last stragglers of my 300 coin lot that I have been unable to ID. Each has a reasonably distinctive reverse, but I don't know what they are so I can't continue searching. Obv: bare head right. Curly hair? Rev: reclining figure facing left. ---OAITAN or --OAIΓΛN Diam: 18mm GUESS: Geta Obv: bare (laureate?) head right Rev: three globes surmounted with Chi-Rho(?). Greek(?) text underneath. Diam: 19mm GUESS: Macrinus Obv: bare head right. Rev: Four standards(?) Diam: 18mm GUESS: no clue Obv: bare head right. Rev: club? torch? Diam: 15mm GUESS: no clue
The reverse on the first one reads -ΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (doesn't narrow it down much; it means -opolis) and features Cybele/Kybele seated left. That's a lion crouched beside her throne. She rests her arm on a tympanum. Consider the portrait may be a woman with her hair in a large chignon. Crispina? Lucilla? This is not your coin, but it is the reverse type.
Amazing, thank you! Cybele is a great place to start. I'll investigate different rulers who used that reverse. Gracias
I'd start with Marcianopolis, assuming this is from the same hoard as your Elagabalus/Tripod with serpent coin from there. Nicopolis ad Istrum is also something that would be high on the list of possibilities. Don't forget to use both Cybele and Kybele in your searches, as well as Markianopolis and Marcianopolis.
