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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2708203, member: 56859&quot;]You asked for ID tips.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first thing I do (which wasn&#039;t helpful with this coin) is check CNG&#039;s archives, using a few search terms based on things I can discern from the coin.&nbsp; Common terms aren&#039;t of much help due to the overwhelming number of hits.&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t able to come up with adequate search terms for your coin.&nbsp; More than 3 terms sometimes seems to cause problems, so I used combinations of AE, bust right, standing left, holding (because the reverse figure is holding something in his right hand), Phrygian (because the reverse figure looks like he is wearing a Phrygian cap).</p><p><br /></p><p>Since that didn&#039;t work out, I tried harder to read the reverse legend.&nbsp; Larger images in better focus might help.&nbsp; In Photoshop I adjusted some things to improve the visibility of the letters.&nbsp; The legend is counterclockwise, which unfortunately isn&#039;t a search term of help.&nbsp; Starting at the bottom right, I see</p><p><br /></p><p>K</p><p>o</p><p>T or I or Γ</p><p>I or ?</p><p>O</p><p>V</p><p>Λ</p><p>Α or Λ</p><p>Ν</p><p>---break---</p><p>Δ</p><p>I</p><p>o</p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Can you make out the rest of the letters?&nbsp; I can&#039;t see them in your images.&nbsp; You could try doing a pencil rubbing with tracing paper.&nbsp; Sometimes that will clarify letters which are obscured by light deposits or patchy patina.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought it might be from Cotiaeum (Phrygia) but the legend fell apart after the first few letters (KOTIAEΩN).</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I have to do that pesky &quot;go to work&quot; thing again and can&#039;t continue to play with this right now <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know of any good partial inscription search functions for any site.&nbsp; ISEGRIM works well for some people but using it is beyond me.&nbsp; You might want to give it a try though.&nbsp; Here&#039;s the site:&nbsp; <a href="http://isegrim.dasr.de/isegrim/menue.php3?tan=888048gRNQCO6l1po" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://isegrim.dasr.de/isegrim/menue.php3?tan=888048gRNQCO6l1po" rel="nofollow">http://isegrim.dasr.de/isegrim/menue.php3?tan=888048gRNQCO6l1po</a>&nbsp; and here&#039;s a Forvm discussion on how to use it:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=44094.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=44094.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=44094.0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>One last thing:&nbsp; I think the portrait is an emperor and, even though it most definitely does not resemble his Imperial portrait, I recall seeing some Provincial Nero portraits that looked like this.&nbsp; If the obverse is an emperor, I think it is a first century emperor (one of the twelve).&nbsp; If the portrait is not an emperor, perhaps it is Demos or Senate?&nbsp; It looks laureate though so it&#039;s probably an emperor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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