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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 4027413, member: 56859&quot;]It is difficult to search when the terms contain common attributes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Searching isn&#039;t impossible though.&nbsp; Plug&nbsp; &quot;ANTON SC wreath&quot; (or ANTΩN sc wreath) into ACsearch and you can scroll very quickly through the images.&nbsp; You&#039;ll soon see some with similar reverses.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t see an exact match, pick one that is close and note the issuing city or region.&nbsp; Add that as a search term to narrow things down again, or take that location information to another database such as Wildwinds.</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;ll find that this reverse motif (SC in wreath, with various other control marks and such) is very common for the issuing region.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse with its visible ANTΩN means the coin is likely to be Antoninus Pius (which it&#039;s <b>not</b> because the portraits were still rather distinctive for individual emperors in that earlier time, and the portrait on your coin is clearly not Antoninus Pius), Caracalla (most likely), or Elagabalus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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