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<p>[QUOTE="Claudius 11, post: 4329118, member: 111062"]Where to start first let me say people like me sad to say are at the wrong end of lifes spectrum and all my life i have never needed to to read or learn Greek i think i can read Greek letters but when they are all put together i have no idea of there meaning if i were to try and learn Greek now i fear it would be a bridge too far let me put a smile on doug`s face i am older than him so let`s leave it at that.</p><p>So you will see people like me have to rely on images in order to ID a coin the two coins you posted to me look like two different emperors the reason i say that is both the obverse and reverse are different 1st the rev: in the thread above i have tried to show an emp. can have two different rev: maybe where they are minted i don`t know but the wreaths seem to be the same only the contents within the wreath differ where as your coins show two different wreaths. 2nd the busts look different which does happen when an emp. has been in power for a long time but still i`m looking and 3rd the legend but i will leave that to latter.</p><p>To ID the coin i paid a visit to ALL-YOUR-COINS.COM there you pick you coin Roman or Greek and so on then metal then emps. when you come to emps. the page is full of faces in the form of drawings i know A. Pius had a lot of coins and why did this site pick this face i can only assume it was the most popular but that was the only coin that fitted the one in my hand and i think it was his beard just like RC posted clinched it for me remember the people who made the site know miles more than me.</p><p>Back to the legend on your bottom coin i think i read PAICTPAIANA where on my coin i read starting at the top PAINN--PIAN the two that i have left out could be an A but the next one i have never seen before in the photo comming the P at the top looks like an F but beleave me it`s an P so you see the legends are different as a novice it`s like putting king george legend on a queen elizabeth coin i just don`t understand it and as a novice i think if the legends differ the emp. must differ.</p><p>Lastly if i`m wrong i will accept it after all you are the experts but i will be disapointed not in getting it wrong if that is the case but in the method i used to ID it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1098599[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. painted it with Brasso which will rub off[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Claudius 11, post: 4329118, member: 111062"]Where to start first let me say people like me sad to say are at the wrong end of lifes spectrum and all my life i have never needed to to read or learn Greek i think i can read Greek letters but when they are all put together i have no idea of there meaning if i were to try and learn Greek now i fear it would be a bridge too far let me put a smile on doug`s face i am older than him so let`s leave it at that. So you will see people like me have to rely on images in order to ID a coin the two coins you posted to me look like two different emperors the reason i say that is both the obverse and reverse are different 1st the rev: in the thread above i have tried to show an emp. can have two different rev: maybe where they are minted i don`t know but the wreaths seem to be the same only the contents within the wreath differ where as your coins show two different wreaths. 2nd the busts look different which does happen when an emp. has been in power for a long time but still i`m looking and 3rd the legend but i will leave that to latter. To ID the coin i paid a visit to ALL-YOUR-COINS.COM there you pick you coin Roman or Greek and so on then metal then emps. when you come to emps. the page is full of faces in the form of drawings i know A. Pius had a lot of coins and why did this site pick this face i can only assume it was the most popular but that was the only coin that fitted the one in my hand and i think it was his beard just like RC posted clinched it for me remember the people who made the site know miles more than me. Back to the legend on your bottom coin i think i read PAICTPAIANA where on my coin i read starting at the top PAINN--PIAN the two that i have left out could be an A but the next one i have never seen before in the photo comming the P at the top looks like an F but beleave me it`s an P so you see the legends are different as a novice it`s like putting king george legend on a queen elizabeth coin i just don`t understand it and as a novice i think if the legends differ the emp. must differ. Lastly if i`m wrong i will accept it after all you are the experts but i will be disapointed not in getting it wrong if that is the case but in the method i used to ID it. [ATTACH=full]1098599[/ATTACH] P.S. painted it with Brasso which will rub off[/QUOTE]
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