I recently picked up a nice batch of larger tets. I have attributed them, all except these two which are giving me trouble. I am still learning Greek, and I don't have much experience with these to be able to identify from-a-glance. 10.7g GUESS: Severus Alexander, Gordian III, or Elagabalus. There's a similar Elagabalus on Wildwinds but the portraits don't quite match up. Almost looks like a young Commodus but no matches there either. 9.4g GUESS: Valerian II, Saloninus, Philip II. There's just not really enough lettering for me to make an educated guess.
Start with the first portrait even with the hairline and read down ANDPOC. That can only be Severus Alexander which is good since that is the portrait on the coin. Before that first A is a Greek letter xi that you might not know but that needs to be a priority. The second is a son of Gallienus. The reverse is year dated L followed by a Greek number. Can you read it? 3-5 would be Valerian II; 5-8 would be Saloninus. Also decide if that is Helios, Serapis or Zeus. What do you see?
Thanks, Doug! Second one certainly looks like L-Z, so I think that must be year 7, Saloninus? The head looks most like Zeus, doesn't have the Serapian hat not a Helios crown of any kind. I think. Wildwinds rather limited in the amount of examples they have. At least its good to have a name down.
