I'll be honest. I do not know my... Elbow from a whole in the ground when it comes to Ancients. I bought this coin in 2008 from New American auctions. Just came across it again. Can you anyone help as to what it is? Thanks in advance!
Amasia, Pontos, Caracalla as young co-emperor with Septimius Severus. I do not have it but dad's version is below. Mine is AE32 but I've seen them listed even larger. The coins were struck on flans with casting voids that sometimes were not erased by striking. Coins this big are not easy to make.
I'm embarassed. I forgot I do have a Caracalla AE29. There are several little differences like what is on the wall but they always have the tree.
Coincidentally, there was one of the general type in today's Roma auction: Severus Alexander Æ34 of Amasia, Pontus. Dated CY 234=AD 231-232. AVT K CEOVHPOC AΛEΞANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AΔ CEY AΛEΞ AMACIAC MH, eagle with wings spread standing atop altar; above, Helios in facing quadriga; tree to left of altar, ЄT CΛΔ (date) flanking eagle. SNG von Aulock 43 SNG Copenhagen 118. 22.56g, 34mm, 1h. It realized £301 on an estimate of £120.
what a cool reverse with the palm by the altar...neat coin. hey don't feel embarrassed DS, VK had to point out to me that i had a coin i thought i didn't. getting old, and the memory...and so on.
Nice ... that's a sweet OP-coin, Andrew (congrats) => hey, I have a humble, desert patina version of that auction-example ... Pontus, Amasia. Severus Alexander. Æ35 A.D. 222-235 Civic year 228 (A.D. 228/9) Diameter: 35 mm Weight: 26.18 grams Obverse: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right, seen from behind Reverse: High altar upon which eagle stands facing, head left; above, Sol in facing quadriga, holding whip; to left of altar, tree Reference: Dalaison 566 (D145/R439); RG 101; cf. SNG Copenhagen 119; BMC 39 (same obv. die); SNG von Aulock 6710 (same obv. die) Other: 12 h … Grayish-green patina under earthen deposits, light roughness I bought my example a few years ago at a Triskeles Auction ... => pretty fricken cool, eh? (it's a big baby!!)
