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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jb_depew, post: 8124183, member: 88227&quot;]I&#039;ve been racking my brain trying to date and attribute this coin struck in Roman Egypt under Antoninus Pius and thought I&#039;d throw out an S.O.S. for some much needed assistance.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m having three problems in particular:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Dating the coin. I can&#039;t tell whether the reverse says &quot;LI&quot; (year 9) or LB (year 2). It&#039;s either a thin &quot;B&quot; or a lumpy &quot;I.&quot;</p><p>2. Establishing a denomination. At&nbsp; 9.26g, would you expect this to be a diobol, versus a tetradrachm? I can find no other diobol of this type on acsearch.info or elsewhere. It was sold as a didrachm in Savoca Silver Auction 1 (lot 190), but I wanted to confirm this.</p><p>3. Finding references for this coin. The closest match I could find is <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=13783" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=13783" rel="nofollow">RPC IV online 13783</a> (a year 17 tetradrachm.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some photos and my incomplete description of the coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="https://i.imgur.com/uTtmcqC.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;<img src="https://i.imgur.com/u1mkTn2.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Egypt, Alexandria, Antoninus Pius Æ diobol(?)</b></p><p><i>Obverse:</i> ANTωNINOC CЄB ЄVCЄB, laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right.</p><p><i>Reverse:</i> Isis Pharia standing right, holding sistrum and billowing sail.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you in advance for any help you can provide!</p><p><br /></p><p>-Jeremy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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