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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3256560, member: 56859"]Let's walk through it, 7C...</p><p><br /></p><p>You know (or hopefully know) it is a provincial Roman coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>In hand you can probably make out some of the obverse legend but we can't because of the terrible low-resolution scans. However, the bushy hair and the beard suggest this coin is going to be either Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus, or Commodus.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you can't discern enough of the reverse legend to narrow down the issuing city, go to <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/i.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/i.html" rel="nofollow">Wildwinds</a> and click on each of the emperors listed above. Click the "view with thumbnails" option and scroll past the Imperial entries and slow down once you get to the Provincials. You can just glance at them all quickly looking for a reverse match, or you could use your browser's "find on page" search function to narrow it down, such as with the word "horse".</p><p><br /></p><p>Go ahead and try that. I see a match in there but will let you find it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once you've hit upon the emperor and city, if desired you can check for other examples in <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" rel="nofollow">CNG's archives</a>, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/" rel="nofollow">ACsearch</a>, and <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">Vcoins</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3256560, member: 56859"]Let's walk through it, 7C... You know (or hopefully know) it is a provincial Roman coin. In hand you can probably make out some of the obverse legend but we can't because of the terrible low-resolution scans. However, the bushy hair and the beard suggest this coin is going to be either Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus, or Commodus. If you can't discern enough of the reverse legend to narrow down the issuing city, go to [URL='http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/i.html']Wildwinds[/URL] and click on each of the emperors listed above. Click the "view with thumbnails" option and scroll past the Imperial entries and slow down once you get to the Provincials. You can just glance at them all quickly looking for a reverse match, or you could use your browser's "find on page" search function to narrow it down, such as with the word "horse". Go ahead and try that. I see a match in there but will let you find it. Once you've hit upon the emperor and city, if desired you can check for other examples in [URL='https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx']CNG's archives[/URL], [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/']ACsearch[/URL], and [URL='https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx']Vcoins[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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