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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3495817, member: 19463&quot;]I am particularly happy you were able to explain your efforts before posting here.&nbsp; I might suggest a good first step is to decide which major category the coin fits in: Greek, Roman or Provincial.&nbsp; Of course there are many other non-classical civilizations (mostly Eastern) but narrowing a coin down to one of the three often helps.&nbsp; The Severus Alexander has Greek legends with a portrait of an Emperor so Provincial is the choice.&nbsp; The Latin legend on the Gallienus is pretty clear but the secret here was the reverse.&nbsp; If you can identify the reverse &#039;deer&#039; you might search using that term and find who used the type.&nbsp; Postumus did not but you might note that his beard was very different from Gallienus&#039; so you might go in the right direction even without reading the legend.&nbsp; The secret here is practice.&nbsp; Read threads here and try to ID coins belonging to others to build your vocabulary of ancient coins. Ask questions when you get stuck but I guarantee that you will get more help out of many of us if you show efforts on your own that tell us you want to learn rather than having it handed to you on a platter.&nbsp; Welcome to the group.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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