Hi Cobbler! Because of the size of the coin, type of metal, and the fact that MA doesn't have a radiate crown, this denomination would be an As....
Very nice examples and info, @Valentinian!! Here are mine that I haven't had a reason until today to post up here: [ATTACH] Basil II...
Brian is awesome!
Haha thanks! Some jokes land better than others... [ATTACH]
Awww, NO FUN!! I'm sad there isn't a "dislike" or "sad" reaction button.
I'm so happy to be able to have made the connection with you and this coin, @Deacon Ray !! It couldn't ask for a better home!! And has some...
...EΣΔAI... Or something like that.
There's not too much to go on... Try deciphering parts of the Greek reverse legend.
Suspecting someone between the time of Julius Caesar and Claudius.
It feels Julio-Claudian provencial.
I agree, it doesn't look struck, like it seems too smooth and lacks flow lines on the outside of the legends.
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I think you've got RIC III 532. http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.532 Like this one: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1541191
I actually don't think it is that one you have a screenshot for. Your reverse shows it clearly ending with COS II with OT prior to it, which...
At 27mm and without a radiate crown (and being copper instead of yellow brass), it'd be an As.
Congrats on 5 years here!
The AΠAMЄΩN on the reverse legend might be for Phrygia, Apamea location.
Value wise, it's a fairly competitive (aka good) price/deal.
I hadn't had a chance to go back and look, but I recognized it was different (this one the bull is right and the other left). That's fascinating...
The water is warm! and your coins are NICE! And, hey... That bull-wrangler type seems familiar!
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