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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7837031, member: 19463"]Start with the first portrait even with the hairline and read down ANDPOC. That can only be Severus Alexander which is good since that is the portrait on the coin. Before that first A is a Greek letter xi that you might not know but that needs to be a priority.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second is a son of Gallienus. The reverse is year dated L followed by a Greek number. Can you read it? 3-5 would be Valerian II; 5-8 would be Saloninus. Also decide if that is Helios, Serapis or Zeus. What do you see?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7837031, member: 19463"]Start with the first portrait even with the hairline and read down ANDPOC. That can only be Severus Alexander which is good since that is the portrait on the coin. Before that first A is a Greek letter xi that you might not know but that needs to be a priority. The second is a son of Gallienus. The reverse is year dated L followed by a Greek number. Can you read it? 3-5 would be Valerian II; 5-8 would be Saloninus. Also decide if that is Helios, Serapis or Zeus. What do you see?[/QUOTE]
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