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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2348528, member: 56859&quot;]Large bronze provincial, coiled serpent... think Thrace (Pautalia) and Moesia Inferior (Marcianopolis).</p><p><br /></p><p>Wildwinds is a fantastic resource but my first stop is always CNG&#039;s archives.&nbsp; Their search engine is <b>far</b> better.&nbsp; While their database probably isn&#039;t as large as Wildwinds, it is still vast and the images are good.&nbsp; They usually don&#039;t write out the legends though so when you find a probable match you&#039;ll need to look for those elsewhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, here are the results for search terms &quot;<a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&amp;PAGE=1&amp;TABS_TYPE=2&amp;CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&amp;IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_DESC=AE%2C+coiled+serpent&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&amp;PAGE=1&amp;TABS_TYPE=2&amp;CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&amp;IS_ADVANCED=1&amp;ITEM_DESC=AE%2C+coiled+serpent&amp;ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&amp;SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1" rel="nofollow">AE, coiled serpent</a>&quot;.&nbsp; Note that when searching CNG&#039;s archives the results page will show separate tabs for Coin Shop, e-Auctions, and Print Auctions.&nbsp; Be sure to look through the hits for each of those tabs.&nbsp; There is also a Historical Articles category which does not show thumbnails but when you click on the link you&#039;ll find a coin, probably from one of their &quot;big&quot; auctions, with an interesting writeup.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or, you could take a guess with the emperor if you think you know the emperor (Caracalla had many snake issues) and use search terms &quot;Caracalla (or whoever), AE, coiled serpent&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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