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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4015139, member: 85693"]In an undescribed lot of Roman Provincials from eBay, there was one I couldn't figure out. What is throwing me is the SC on the reverse - it does not fit with any Imperial AE that I am aware of, so it could be from Antioch. But the closest match I could find was a series minted in Antioch for Philippopolis in Arabia. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is 17mm and weighs 3.41 grams. A combination of wear and heavy patina make it hard to read. The obverse is an emperor (Philip I or II?). The reverse is Mars/Ares or Virtus standing with shield and spear. The SC is on either side of the reverse figure.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem with a Philippopolis attribution is that the only standing types of this nature I could find were of Roma with a longer garment. Here is an acsearch hit for Philip I:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1215148" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1215148" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1215148</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is mine - any help much appreciated. And more information on Antioch-minted coins used elsewhere would be of interest to me too:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1055869[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 4015139, member: 85693"]In an undescribed lot of Roman Provincials from eBay, there was one I couldn't figure out. What is throwing me is the SC on the reverse - it does not fit with any Imperial AE that I am aware of, so it could be from Antioch. But the closest match I could find was a series minted in Antioch for Philippopolis in Arabia. It is 17mm and weighs 3.41 grams. A combination of wear and heavy patina make it hard to read. The obverse is an emperor (Philip I or II?). The reverse is Mars/Ares or Virtus standing with shield and spear. The SC is on either side of the reverse figure. The problem with a Philippopolis attribution is that the only standing types of this nature I could find were of Roma with a longer garment. Here is an acsearch hit for Philip I: [URL]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1215148[/URL] Here is mine - any help much appreciated. And more information on Antioch-minted coins used elsewhere would be of interest to me too: [ATTACH=full]1055869[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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