Ancient Attribution Contest #1!

Here's the deal - the person who succesfully attributes the most out of the 5 or so coins I post wins a sestertius of Antoninus Pius. I warn you, it won't be easy - there are some rather skilled individuals on this forum!

PM's ONLY please!

This is what I'm looking for in an attribution -

Ruler
Metal and Denomination
Mint, years minted
complete obverse legend
complete obverse description
complete reverse legend
complete reverse description
References

References should be as accurate as possible.

Here we go with coin #1.

AE, 30mm

 

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wow, you got me.

 

ditto

 

Ya got me. I only sip the dark cider, I don't guzzle it.

 

hmmm... I'll do a little web surfing and maaybe give it a shot. This is gonna be a b**** with dial-up and my crappy computer, lol

 

oh man, no hints at all huh!?

 

THe capitol of his empire was not Rome. :-D There's your hint!

I'll help you more when you PM with a vague guess. Lol.

 

I can only do Greek.

 

Keep trying! I'll close the contest Sunday and give a step by step of how to attribute this one.

 

Does this mean no one has gotten close thus far?

 

People have been close. But not quite close enough. Check the reverse legend closely!

 

I can't see the reverse legend! lol

 

This is what I'm looking for in an attribution -

Ruler "Some old guy"
Metal and Denomination: Yes, metal. Denomination: also yes.
Mint, years minted: Mint? Heck no, heavily circulated. Years minted: Look up bio of old guy above.
complete obverse legend Something in Latin or possibly some other old dead language.
complete obverse description See All 4 above.
complete reverse legend See #3 above
complete reverse description See #5 above
References : My old boss.

 

what happened to this contest? i was pretty intrigued.

v.

 

Well, I told you it was tough. This coin is a rare unlisted variation, a spelling error. As such, no exact reference was available! However, this round goes to acl864, for recognizing that there WAS a spelling error, even if he didn't quite grasp the significance of it. Great job! Honorable mention also goes to Vercingetorax and acanthite.

This very coin was sold, misattributed, in a November 2002 CNG online auction.
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=26417

Also, discussion on the piece
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=39589.0


Postumus
AE double sestertius
Cologne ?, 259-268 AD
IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG
laureate, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust r.
LAETITA, AVG in ex.
galley right
RIC - , Bastien - , Cohen -
Note: Similar to RIC 144 or 207

 

Congrats to acl864! I did see the spelling difference, contemplated calling it a barbarous imitation, but decided the obverse looked too professional. In the end I ignored it.

 

That was more luck than skill, but I'll take it.

I'm thoroughly enjoying the contest and learning alot. I'm looking forward to the next challenge.

Andy