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<p>[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 4131459, member: 31620"]In amongst the mixed batch of coins that I bought at the start of the year was a Roman Provincial. I am not very proficient with them and I can find them quite daunting. This one at least had a portrait that seemed familiar in that it was Septimius Severus and I could confirm this by reading the obverse legend AV K Λ CЄΠ CЄVHPOC ΠЄ. The reverse legend is only partially there and I couldn't see where to start with it. I am not familiar with these coins to be able to start on narrowing down the mint based on style. I could deduce that the reverse type was Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre with chlamys draped over left arm. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the dim and distant past I would have stopped there and moved on not knowing how to progress. Nowadays there are a variety of tools that are available to us.</p><p><br /></p><p>I went to acsearch and typed in "Septimius Zeus patera" and lo and behold there are coins that seem to match the portrait of my coin. I would never have guessed that this coin was from Marcianopolis based on style.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/GI_064n_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>From this I can make a stab at a fuller attribution for what would for me have been an impossible coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus - Marcianopolis - AE26</b></p><p>Obv:- AV K Λ CЄΠ CЄVHPOC ΠЄ, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev:- V K ΓЄNTIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN., Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre.</p><p>Minted in Marcianopolis, Moesa Inferior; Consul Cosconius Gentianus</p><p>Reference:- Varbanov 762.</p><p><br /></p><p>11.80g. 25.85 mm. 180 degrees</p><p><br /></p><p>Share some of your difficult attribution stories.</p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 4131459, member: 31620"]In amongst the mixed batch of coins that I bought at the start of the year was a Roman Provincial. I am not very proficient with them and I can find them quite daunting. This one at least had a portrait that seemed familiar in that it was Septimius Severus and I could confirm this by reading the obverse legend AV K Λ CЄΠ CЄVHPOC ΠЄ. The reverse legend is only partially there and I couldn't see where to start with it. I am not familiar with these coins to be able to start on narrowing down the mint based on style. I could deduce that the reverse type was Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre with chlamys draped over left arm. In the dim and distant past I would have stopped there and moved on not knowing how to progress. Nowadays there are a variety of tools that are available to us. I went to acsearch and typed in "Septimius Zeus patera" and lo and behold there are coins that seem to match the portrait of my coin. I would never have guessed that this coin was from Marcianopolis based on style. [IMG]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/GI_064n_img.jpg[/IMG] From this I can make a stab at a fuller attribution for what would for me have been an impossible coin. [B]Septimius Severus - Marcianopolis - AE26[/B] Obv:- AV K Λ CЄΠ CЄVHPOC ΠЄ, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev:- V K ΓЄNTIANOV MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN., Zeus standing left, holding patera and sceptre. Minted in Marcianopolis, Moesa Inferior; Consul Cosconius Gentianus Reference:- Varbanov 762. 11.80g. 25.85 mm. 180 degrees Share some of your difficult attribution stories. Martin[/QUOTE]
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