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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3510743, member: 56859&quot;]Hmm, that&#039;s going to be tough because there are so many candidates for this &quot;emperor on horseback&quot; reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>The portrait looks to be of the Severan era or shortly thereafter.&nbsp; It reminds me of <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/rm6580b00126alg-jpg.916605/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/rm6580b00126alg-jpg.916605/">Doug&#039;s young Caracalla sestertius</a>, which looks atypical for an imperial Caracalla portrait. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think the obverse legend starts &quot;MAVP...&quot; (for <b>M</b>arcus <b>Aur</b>elius ... ) so it&#039;s going to one of the following emperors, although I&#039;m not sure if all of them have at least some provincial coins which begin with MAVP without other preceding titles.&nbsp; Severus Alexander definitely does though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Caracalla&nbsp; <i>(Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus)</i></p><p>Elagabalus&nbsp; (<i>Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus)</i></p><p>Severus Alexander&nbsp; <i>(Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus)</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A quick search shows a couple of bare-headed bronzes of SevA with &quot;emperor on horseback, holding (something stick-like)&quot; from Odessa, Moesia Inferior but it <i>may</i> be a smaller denomination:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2448622" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2448622" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2448622</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]931004[/ATTACH]</p><p>MOESIA INFERIOR. Odessos. Severus Alexander (222-235). Ae.</p><p>Obv: M AVP ALEZANΔPOC.</p><p>Bare head right.</p><p>Rev: OΔΗCCEITΩN.</p><p>Emperor on horseback right, holding spear.</p><p>Varbanov 4417.</p><p>Condition: Extremely fine.</p><p>Weight: 2.07 g.</p><p>Diameter: 14 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>A better example is in Wildwinds.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whether the thing being held is a sceptre, spear, or bipennis (with axe head off flan), I don&#039;t know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe someone who has Varbanov can help you out by looking for this reverse type under Caracalla and Elagabalus too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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