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<p>[QUOTE="iamtiberius, post: 2650599, member: 37707"]The 2nd coin appears to be a Roman provincial bronze minted under Elagabalus.</p><p>The Obverse is Elagabalus radiate head right with a legend in Greek that probably says something about Antioch, where the coin was minted and maybe the year. The Reverse has a Ram jumping right, looking back at a star that is supposed to be between the SC, but seems to have faded. The SC, acronym for "Senatus Consulto." There are a few who think the Ram and Star coins that were minted for a few centuries, signify the birth of Christ, including the guy over at Beast Coins. You can review his findings, research, and similar coins to yours <a href="http://www.beastcoins.com/Collections/Star-Of-Bethlehem/Star-Of-Bethlehem.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.beastcoins.com/Collections/Star-Of-Bethlehem/Star-Of-Bethlehem.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="iamtiberius, post: 2650599, member: 37707"]The 2nd coin appears to be a Roman provincial bronze minted under Elagabalus. The Obverse is Elagabalus radiate head right with a legend in Greek that probably says something about Antioch, where the coin was minted and maybe the year. The Reverse has a Ram jumping right, looking back at a star that is supposed to be between the SC, but seems to have faded. The SC, acronym for "Senatus Consulto." There are a few who think the Ram and Star coins that were minted for a few centuries, signify the birth of Christ, including the guy over at Beast Coins. You can review his findings, research, and similar coins to yours [URL='http://www.beastcoins.com/Collections/Star-Of-Bethlehem/Star-Of-Bethlehem.htm']here[/URL][/QUOTE]
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