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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2421530, member: 56859&quot;]I think I&#039;ve found your coin&#039;s ID, [USER=78701]@zacktheripr[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks like there are traces of vertical legends on the reverse, perhaps a couple of lines on either side of the standing figure.</p><p><br /></p><p>CNG&#039;s archives are easiest to search so I started there, using search terms &quot;AE, confronted, standing&quot;, then quickly scrolled through the resulting hits for obverse confronted busts, a reverse standing figure, and vertical legends on the reverse.&nbsp; This one looks like a strong contender:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=266834" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=266834" rel="nofollow">http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=266834</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/3330183.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Rare Homonoia Issue</b></font></p><p><b>333, Lot: 183.</b> Estimate $150.</p><p>Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>PHRYGIA, Laodicea ad Lycum. <i>Pseudo-autonomous issue. </i></b>temp. Claudius, AD 41-54. Æ (25mm, 11.93 g, 2h). <i>Homonoia with Smyrna</i>. Anton. Polemon, son of Zenon, priest for the fourth time. Confronted, laureate heads of the Demoi of Laodicea and Smyrna / Zeus Laodiceus standing left, holding eagle and scepter. Franke-Nollé 1198 (dies A/17) = RPC I 2912; SNG Copenhagen 613. Near VF, black-green patina, a few pits. Rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>The next step would be to search for other bronzes from the same city and region to see if there are other confronted bust possibilities from that location.&nbsp; If you&#039;re very lucky, this will be the only one and you could be somewhat confident of a match... if I&#039;m even barking up the right tree <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Another strategy is to look through the reference catalogs cited for the CNG coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p>Edited to post the two pictures close together for ease of comparison (interestingly, the CNG coin also appears to have bronze disease.&nbsp; I hope the winning bidder treated it):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/3330183.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]501862[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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