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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1640644, member: 19463&quot;]I apologize but now I think I will change teams.&nbsp; I&#039;ll now say the OP coin is Trajan.&nbsp; Here is the evidence:</p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=nilus+hippo&amp;view_mode=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ol=1&amp;sort=&amp;c=&amp;a=&amp;l=#0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=nilus+hippo&amp;view_mode=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ol=1&amp;sort=&amp;c=&amp;a=&amp;l=#0" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=nilus+hippo&amp;view_mode=1&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ol=1&amp;sort=&amp;c=&amp;a=&amp;l=#0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>These two coins have enough legend that they are identifiable with greater certainty although neither is a nice coin.&nbsp; The second one is clearly Hadrian with his formal name Traianus Hadrianus split left and right.&nbsp; Remember that Greek does not write the letter H as we know it (they use that shape for Eta, the long A sound) so the first legend right of the portrait is alpha delta rho.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan, however, used a lot of titles following his name so the first part of of the right side legend on the top acsearch coin reads rho M delta AK.&nbsp; This continues the missing left legend picking up in the middle of the abbreviation GERM (defeater of the Germans) followed by DAK (defeater of the Dacians).&nbsp; Going back to the trace of legend on the OP coin there is no way that the legend reads ADP but PMDAK can be seen.&nbsp; Trajan.&nbsp; The OP coin is year 20 and the acsearch is year 19 showing that Trajan used this type late in his reign.&nbsp; The Hadrian coin shown on acsearch is weak on the date but the seller&#039;s guess was LB or year two (early in the reign).&nbsp; These are coins with the Hippo.&nbsp; The wonderful coin icerain posted has the revised type with crocodile and year 13.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now for other possibly bad advice I gave:&nbsp; The website acsearch has a lot of coins of the crocodile version but only two come up when you search Nilus and hippo.&nbsp; Those are both ugly coins compared to the decently surfaced OP coin.&nbsp; The acsearch coins show less wear and poor surfaces.&nbsp; I&#039;d rather own the OP coin.&nbsp; Neither listing carries a price but it seems that the hippo is a more scarce version and not as easily available as the crocodile which I pointed out was common and available in better shape.&nbsp; Is the OP coin worth more?&nbsp; It is not to me because, as I mentioned, I don&#039;t like coins that are hard to ID with certainty.&nbsp; It may be to someone looking for the hippo type.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is ancient numismatics as I know it.&nbsp; The blind lead the blind.&nbsp; Eventually we may stumble forward to the right answer but moving at all caries a risk of tripping and falling flat on our faces.&nbsp; There are expensive, out of print books that might make this easier but I do not own the ones for this particular specialty.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are experts on these coins who would see this immediately but they apparently don&#039;t read this list or chose to sit back and chuckle as I wipe the mud of error from my face.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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