Hello ladies and gentlemen. I am trying to take pics of some coins I have for years. Again, it's late here so my pics are not how they should (I really need to change the lightbulbs with something more photo friendly), but it's a step forward from my phone pics Have this for a long time and it was described as Caracalla from Pautalia. When I bought it, spending a full 5 EUR on it, I didn't study it properly as I thought that knowing the ruler and the city is enough to have a coin attributed. Now I want to be a little more specific. After trying to read the legends and comparing to other Caracalla and Pautalia coins, I think the legends are AV K C ANTΩNINOC / OYΛΠIAC ΠAYTAΛIAC But, does anybody have an attribution for it, as I can't find a match on acsearch/coinarchives/wildwinds. It appears to be Caracalla indeed and the reverse is a snake coiled around an altar.
Ah! Recently I had a similar snake-wrapped-around-something from Pautalia dilemma: Commodus Æ 18 (c. 177-180 A.D.) Thrace, Pautalia ΑV ΚΑΙ [ΚΟΜΟΔ]ΟϹ, laureate head right / ΟVΛΠΙΑϹ ΠΑVΤΑΛΙ (ΑΛΙ retrograde?), serpent coiling on altar right RPC IV.1 8938 (temporary); Ruzicka, Pautalia 251. (3.12 grams / 18 x 16 mm) @Ricardo123 came up with a solution (Thanks again, Ricardo123!): https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ro...er-of-grapes-help-please.377914/#post-7316653
Thank you all and especially @Brian Bucklan . No idea why I couldn't find it on acsearch as I used the correct terms. Mine might be a variation as the legend seems to start with AV K C .... not AV K M.
The closest thing in Ruzicka is #755, which describes two upright snakes alongside the oomphalos atop the altar.
