I acquired this coin despite my doubts that it could be hit by bronze disease or even that it might not be genuine. There are Greek lettering on the obverse, whereas I can nearly identify Roma enthroned on the reverse. It weighs 9.6 g. Hope you could give me an identifying hand on this. Thank you.
As always, helpful and correct...Perhaps you can offer a few comments of ID on this low quality cell photo i attached of what I think is a Augustus posthumous dupondius...It was part of a free lot of uncleaned coins given to school kids... Thanks, and I promise to provide better photos of items in the future...
DW is unlikely to hurt. I'd also pick at the green with a toothpick and see if anthing can be dislodged. Go slow.
Thanks for the comment 'MAT'.....Hmmm, It never occurred to me to consider Domitian...but the strange portrait does resemble him...and i thought after Nero the Flavian issues no longer were of Dupondius or Asses--but I'm still learning ... Perhaps looking only at Augustus thru Caligula is why I never seem to find a similar reverse as well...and I hoped the reverse was scarce and the low quality/highly circulated coin had value exceeding about a dollar..we can all dream, right? LOL Anyway, it's become a bit of a vendetta to pin down when in the 1st century this coin was minted and for which Emperor.. Thanks again...
At first I thought Domitian, but there is something wrong with the portrait. It just doesn't look right. However, a better pic could go a long way to settle this issue.
Hello. I searched at Wildwinds ( Philip I ). Do you consider my coin a Billon or a Potin or even a bronze tetradrachm? Charles
