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  1. expat

    expat Remember you are unique, just like everyone else Supporter

    Can anyone attribute this coin? Can´t see it in RPC. Many thanks in advance.
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  3. Orange Julius

    Orange Julius Well-Known Member

    Looks a little like Tiberius?
     
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  4. expat

    expat Remember you are unique, just like everyone else Supporter

    Yes, I thought so too, with Livia. But not in RPC
    EDIT: I think I have found it, RPC Volume: I №: 1567
     
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  5. Curtis

    Curtis Well-Known Member

    Yup. It's hard to read because the "ΑΛ" (AL in THESSALONIKEON) looks like an M, but you can read the "ΣΣΑΛΟΝ" on the right side of the reverse.

    Tiberius is laureate, though, rather than bare-headed, which would be closer to RPC I 1568. For comparison, see 1568, specimen 44 (different dies, but so close they must be by the same engraver):

    NOT MY COIN: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/336335
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  6. expat

    expat Remember you are unique, just like everyone else Supporter

    Thank you @Curtis . After another look, 1568 is a better match. I won it at the Savoca auction yesterday for only 34 Euros. It was a leap of faith that the description was Tiberius. When I saw it, there was not enough time to try and attribute it before bidding. My first Tiberius, can´t wait till it arrives and I can have it in my hands.
     
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  7. philologus_1

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    A little late to the party, I am.

    These issues from Thessaloniki during the reigns of Augustus through Claudius have what strikes me as a distinctive portraiture and fabric.

    As with so many other types, it takes extra time and patience to find one centered on both sides with full legends. Below is as close as I have been able to afford to come -- so far. :pompous:

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