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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3217792, member: 56859"]If you were familiar with Imperial portraits, for this coin the portrait might be all you'd need to identify the ruler despite the condition. Identifying the reverse and other aspects of the coin's attributions would be a bit harder.</p><p><br /></p><p>There used to be a Forvm-hosted website which had a typical Imperial portrait of each emperor. I referred to it often in my first few months of collecting. The link is now dead <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh-- it is hosted by Forum Ancient Coins and the gist of the pages still exists but has been rearranged and page URLs reassigned!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are links to all of those pages. I wish someone would put portrait examples of each emperor all on one page. Hmm, maybe I'll do that the next time I update my website, which is now more than a year overdue <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Twelve%20Caesars" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Twelve%20Caesars" rel="nofollow">The Twelve Caesars</a></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Adoptive%20Emperors" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Adoptive%20Emperors" rel="nofollow">The Adoptive Emperors</a></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Severan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Severan" rel="nofollow">The Severan Period</a></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Crisis%20and%20Decline" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Crisis%20and%20Decline" rel="nofollow">Crisis and Decline</a></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Recovery%20of%20the%20Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Recovery%20of%20the%20Empire" rel="nofollow">Recovery of the Empire</a></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Secessionist%20Empires" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Secessionist%20Empires" rel="nofollow">The Secessionist Empires</a></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Tetrarchy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Tetrarchy" rel="nofollow">The Tetrarchy</a></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Constantinian%20Era" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Constantinian%20Era" rel="nofollow">Constantinian Era</a></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Late%20Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Late%20Empire" rel="nofollow">The Late Empire</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] has a website you should start reading. If you were to read every page you'd be well ahead of beginner collectors. There are still many pages I need to read and learn. Here are two of his pages I used often in the beginning, for purposes of identifying the deity or persona on the reverse of Imperial coins:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/gods.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/gods.html" rel="nofollow">Roman Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes</a></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/pers.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/pers.html" rel="nofollow">Personifications on Roman Coins</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Neither of the above pages are going to yield an answer for your coin though... the entity on your coin's reverse is a variation of one of the entities on those two pages.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are you familiar with <a href="http://wildwinds.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wildwinds.com/" rel="nofollow">Wildwinds</a>? That is another site which can be very helpful. For Roman coins ou can scroll through pages devoted to each emperor, which is a fine way to become familiar with their range of coins and portraits. On that site, go to Roman > Roman Coinage by Ruler. One you've selected a ruler, click the "browse page with thumbnails" link.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that Wildwinds also has Greek and Byzantine coins. The site is not a complete database of all coins-- no site is-- but people send the curator pictures their coins which are not yet in the database and over time it becomes more complete.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other useful databases:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" rel="nofollow">CNG's "Research" section</a>, an archive of every coin they've sold since the early 2000s. Their search engine is fairly good.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/" rel="nofollow">ACsearch</a>. Like CNG's archives except for a multitude of auction houses (including CNG). Disadvantage: to see prices realized you have to have a paid subscription. You don't need that info to identify a coin though <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3217792, member: 56859"]If you were familiar with Imperial portraits, for this coin the portrait might be all you'd need to identify the ruler despite the condition. Identifying the reverse and other aspects of the coin's attributions would be a bit harder. There used to be a Forvm-hosted website which had a typical Imperial portrait of each emperor. I referred to it often in my first few months of collecting. The link is now dead :(. Oh-- it is hosted by Forum Ancient Coins and the gist of the pages still exists but has been rearranged and page URLs reassigned! Here are links to all of those pages. I wish someone would put portrait examples of each emperor all on one page. Hmm, maybe I'll do that the next time I update my website, which is now more than a year overdue :oops:. [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Twelve%20Caesars']The Twelve Caesars[/URL] [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Adoptive%20Emperors']The Adoptive Emperors[/URL] [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Severan']The Severan Period[/URL] [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Crisis%20and%20Decline']Crisis and Decline[/URL] [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Recovery%20of%20the%20Empire']Recovery of the Empire[/URL] [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Secessionist%20Empires']The Secessionist Empires[/URL] [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Tetrarchy']The Tetrarchy[/URL] [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Constantinian%20Era']Constantinian Era[/URL] [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Late%20Empire']The Late Empire[/URL] [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] has a website you should start reading. If you were to read every page you'd be well ahead of beginner collectors. There are still many pages I need to read and learn. Here are two of his pages I used often in the beginning, for purposes of identifying the deity or persona on the reverse of Imperial coins: [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/gods.html']Roman Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes[/URL] [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/pers.html']Personifications on Roman Coins[/URL] Neither of the above pages are going to yield an answer for your coin though... the entity on your coin's reverse is a variation of one of the entities on those two pages. Are you familiar with [URL='http://wildwinds.com/']Wildwinds[/URL]? That is another site which can be very helpful. For Roman coins ou can scroll through pages devoted to each emperor, which is a fine way to become familiar with their range of coins and portraits. On that site, go to Roman > Roman Coinage by Ruler. One you've selected a ruler, click the "browse page with thumbnails" link. Note that Wildwinds also has Greek and Byzantine coins. The site is not a complete database of all coins-- no site is-- but people send the curator pictures their coins which are not yet in the database and over time it becomes more complete. Other useful databases: [URL='https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx']CNG's "Research" section[/URL], an archive of every coin they've sold since the early 2000s. Their search engine is fairly good. [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/']ACsearch[/URL]. Like CNG's archives except for a multitude of auction houses (including CNG). Disadvantage: to see prices realized you have to have a paid subscription. You don't need that info to identify a coin though :).[/QUOTE]
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