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  1. ziggy9

    ziggy9 *NEC SPERNO NEC TIMEO*

    another one similar to yesterday's. Please help.... unknown2.jpg
    thank you
     
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  3. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    I always have a problem with worn/damaged coins since the inscriptions and other clues are missing or modified---and this is in Greek (Provincial) and not my most familiar area of collecting..

    But, to take a stab at it, it seems to have a reverse of Tyche and a possible obverse of Gordian III, but I lean more towards those of the later Severn dynasty....and therein is where I would start searching for a match...or start over again if none could be found.

    Of course, as I mentioned it could be a 'Severn' type as well (Severus Alexander would be the first I would check)...and that is where the inscriptions would be extremely helpful..

    Hopefully, someone else has a match in their collection or otherwise immediately recognizes it.
     
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  4. Ardatirion

    Ardatirion Où est mon poisson

    Marcianopolis in Moesia Inferior
     
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  5. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    i'm pretty sure it's from marcainopolis (i think i can pick it out on the right reverse legend), and elagablus ...less sure about that..but fairly.
     
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    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

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  7. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

  8. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    VΠ ΙΟVΛ ANT CEΛEVKOV
    Julius Antonius Seleucus

    http://akropoliscoins.com/page8.html
    The above page is really handy giving the legate names as on the left side of this coin (beautiful OV ligature!) which allows ID of the obverse in case you had any question of it being Elagabalus (it is!) and from Marcianopolis (yes!). I have a bit different coin with the OV not ligate but of the same legate.
    VΠ ΙΟVΛ ANT CEΛEVKOV
    Mine is also different in the way the last four letters of the reverse legend were turned over and presented in exergue. Mine is AE25 and probably only 4 assaria while I suspect yous is larger and a five. Our reverse figures are also different with mine having the scales of Aequitas (or Dikaiosyne). Does yours have something in the faint hand or is it empty making it more likely Homonoia? I don't own the book on these.
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  9. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    Nice => those are a couple of sweet provincials, fellas

    :rolleyes:

    ... man, this never gets old, eh? (coins rock!)
     
  10. ziggy9

    ziggy9 *NEC SPERNO NEC TIMEO*

    I think It may be this one. Varbanov1527, photo from Wildwinds
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