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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2054887, member: 42634&quot;]i finally scored!&nbsp; my first coin of 2015.&nbsp;&nbsp; i&#039;ve wanted a coin of this type for over two years, about as long as ive been collecting...the stars and coin just hadn&#039;t aligned properly.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_5623_zpsd82baa51.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_5623_zpsd82baa51.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/102_5623_zpsd82baa51.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>obulco, hispania baetica</p><p>2nd century bc</p><p>semis</p><p>o: female head, hair in bun, olbvco right, all in ring of&nbsp; dots</p><p>r: plow above and grain below magistrate&#039;s name in iberian text&nbsp; (<i>UIUIBORTuN/MINUABoI</i>), all in ring of dots.</p><p><br /></p><p>29x31mm</p><p>16.3g</p><p><br /></p><p>FAB 1783</p><p><br /></p><p>this coin is nice and thick, and very slightly scyphate, the overse is in relativly high relief. it is usually a deep yummy brown color.&nbsp; in full daylight, it sometimes looks dark green...sometimes not. here&#039;s a side shot and shows the features well...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_5612_zps5ae74218.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_5612_zps5ae74218.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/102_5612_zps5ae74218.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>some sellers refer to this as a semis, some an as...semis seem to be the more common one, so i&#039;ll go with that.&nbsp; some folks also claim the bust is apollo rather than a female head.</p><p><br /></p><p>obulco was a semi-autonomous&nbsp; iberian city, today it&#039;s porcuna spain (south central spain).&nbsp; the ancient ruins are still there.&nbsp; other than they had a mint (obviously), there isn&#039;t much more i can tell you about the place.&nbsp; not much info online. </p><p><br /></p><p>post any ancient iberian coins you would like..i always like to look at them![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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