hi guys (and girl), i can usually attribute my ancient coins using online sources, but this one is giving me trouble. its a little provincial bargain bin coin i picked up the other day. sellers pics are better than mine, so i'll just use his. it was sold as a marcus aurelius, could be commodus...maybe even septimus severus. here's a similar coin from thyateira, but is a large sestertius. mine is only 22 mm and 4.6 g. similar coins i've found from commodus are also large coins. any ideas? thanks in advance!
It's a challenge... I do think it's Marcus Aurelius though. The inscription is similar to the obverse legends on his Alexandrian coins. What I see on your obverse: AVTKAIM AVPHANT Using Emmett's translation of Alexandrian abbreviations, my best guess is: AVT(OKPATΩP) KAI(CAP) M(APKOC) AVPH(ΛIOC) ANT(ωNINOC) Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus In hand, can you make out any of the reverse legend? That's going to be the money shot for place of issue.
https://38.media.tumblr.com/4b0492a4e146347897164def8cc05ce0/tumblr_mh3lu2KiBW1s2mwyvo1_250.gif ... gotcha!!
