New MD Technique - First Find!

I have developed a new, low-cost metal-detecting technique for those of us who don't own metal detectors. I call it "Looking Down While Walking. (LDWW)" I can provide more specific details to anyone who is interested, but in a nutshell it involves walking and looking at the ground at the same time, preferably someplace where there is something interesting to look at while doing this. I'm still working out some of the fine points--I just started practicing this technique only about sixty-three years ago--but already I've had some success. Below is a photo of one of my more recent discoveries. I haven't been able to fully identify it yet, but I think it's probably a provincial, possibly from Nikopolis. It's in pretty rough shape, but I really like the style, particularly on the reverse. So far I've soaked the coin in distilled water and scrubbed it with an old toothbrush and some dish-washing soap. Right now it's back soaking in DW. Any help with identification would be appreciated:

Provincial AE19
Nikopolos?, 1st-2nd century A.D.?
Obv: Bare-headed bust, (Antoninus Pius?) right, wearing imperial mantle. Inscription, to left: LIB[A?]TY. On right: Phoenician script (= regnal year 19?)
Rev: Inscription around edge . . . T_D . . . TA . . . OFΔ . . . ICA - Dekastyle temple (with statue? Zeus?) Inscription above: EPL . . .U / ΘNΦ[SM?] in two lines. Below: ON . . . CI . .
19mm, 2.0g.

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I love the temple on that reverse.

 

LOL.
Extremely rare. Not another exactly like it.

 

Quick, put it back before it infects everyone!

 

I so envy you Americans finding all the cool stuff. Here in Europe, ...
Anyway, I am intrigued. The obverse to me reads “LIBRARY”. You interpret the reverse as a dekastyle temple. May I suggest a different view? It’s not a temple. Its a library, containing the largest number of books in ancient times, as indicated by the lettering aboveluribus, meaning many.
This may actually be the only coin with a depiction of the library of Alexandria.
An interesting coin!

 

I found this one while walking between El-Ashmunein and El-Minya next to verdant fields of sugar cane that grow along the banks of Nilos. I am not exactly sure what it is but it might be Ptolemaic. I can't identify the script but I think its "Greek?" I mean it would have to be. Not sure about the guy on the front of the coin either....

 

One of the more expressive busts of Antoninus Pius I have seen. These Provincials never cease to amaze me.

Impressive too how well zinc with a wash of copper endures the centuries. Lovely.

 

OMG I want this thread pinned to the top of ALL the forums...

 

Yes fortunately the year has not been obliterated - clearly minted in the year 199!

Nice patina, we should all be so lucky! Btw, I tried the LDWW technique, & am now wearing a bandage & stitches from a stop sign.

 

His tomb is on the strip in Las Vegas. And it's actually a scale weight - one pound!

 

..that lQQks to be a lincolnus presidentus...

 

Wow, that coin has either bubonic plague or leprosy!

Loosely related... no one seems to want US pennies any more. When people get them in change they throw them into the "take a penny..." trays some stores have.

Check out the "take a penny" tray from my go-to convenience store:



OMG! Pennies and nickels I can understand, but quarters and dimes!

Wow... no one wants to be burdened with change, or maybe it just reflects the high cost of goods down here (Virgin Islands).

 

That surely is amazing, but I'm intrigued by the twin display boxes noting "mood enhancer", "pain relief", "blocks toxic stress", "combats anxiety", "relaxing calm", "feel great...relax now"...for only $9.99 probably worth a try!

 

..where i live, that would be gone in a matter of minutes...

 

Wow @gsimonel a keeper for sure!

 

I always want US pennies. Any change. I search it all

 

..i've got a approx 25 lb bag of L M's..i've seen people sell them by weight.

 

I go through 2 boxes of cents a week. Unfortunately for the last 2 weeks I have received solid 2019Ps. I am slowly working on unrolling them all so that I can dump them. Need to do that before Thanksgiving.

 

..haha...your time grows short...

 

Yeah but it is so tedious to just unwrap and dump into a bag. Lather, rinse, repeat. I did one box this morning to add in with my morning dump of half dollars. I need to get the kids to open them for me

 

..good idea..tell them its practice for Santa...