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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2447171, member: 19463&quot;]On more Provincials than not, you need to start by identifying or ignoring the titles at the start.&nbsp; Common are AVT for Autocrator and K for Caesar.&nbsp; Next expect the ruler&#039;s name often starting with a praenomen letter like M for Marcus and a family name like IOV for Julius.&nbsp; Finally you get to the meat of the matter which on your coin starts right above the head.&nbsp; The reverse sometimes starts with the city name but often has a magistrate name first so you need to start reading in the middle somewhere which in this case falls around 2 o&#039;clock.&nbsp; Having a guess on the who and where will allow you to search a site like acsearch or CNG for similar coins but failing to find a match that way is more than a real possilility.&nbsp; I failed on this one.&nbsp; Maybe having the coin in hand will help you do better.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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