Hi guys, I have a big problem with ID and references of some provincial coins. Maybe someone can help me. Thanks a lot! I have problem with 18 coins but in one thread I can only add 10 photos so 5 coins. Thank you in advance for your help. Regards Greg
The one with the most legible inscriptions is the middle one, which I reproduce here: Note the obverse reads: ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ ΑVΓVϹΤΟϹ. This is transliterated "Antoninus Augustus" (hint: it's not Antoninus Pius or anyone actually related to him). The reverse reads ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔЄΩΝ ΔΙϹ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩΝ. This is translated as "of the Nicomedians, who have two Neocorates." The reverse features a goddess depicted with her usual attributes -- a helmet and her sacred animal, the owl. Hope that's enough to get you started.
I am not well versed in provincials, but most of these look like they can be IDed. #1 and #4 look like they might be from Marcianopolis or Nikopolis. #2 and #5 are from someplace else that I don't recognize. If you really want help IDing these, you'll get the best responses if you post each coin in a separate thread. Be sure to include the size and weight. Good luck.
Hints on a couple others: #1 reads AVT K OΠEΛΛIOC CEVH MAKPEINOC on the obverse and VΠ ΠONTIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN on the reverse. #2's inscription on the obverse reads counter-clockwise. From 5:00 to 2:00 it reads ΚΛΑVΔΙΟΣ. The reverse reads EΠΙ ΜEΛΙΤΩΝΟϹ ΑϹΚΛΗΠΙΑΔΟΥ (name of the magistrate) ΚΑΔΟΗΝΩΝ (name of the city). #4 reads VT K M AVP CЄVH AΛЄΞANΔPOC on the obverse and features Apollo with patera and branch. I can't read the reverse inscription, but the ligature Ȣ (short for OV) appears several times. I suspect the name of a magistrate is on the reverse. In style, it looks like it comes from the Balkans, not Turkey.
I have ID'd 3, 4, and 5 from the first batch. Don't want to spill the beans though and spoil your research fun. Good luck with the identification.
