i can look at it more later, but a quick observation: your coin is a provincial bronze (i.e., from the graecophone lands in the eastern empire) rather than an imperial issue. the script on the obverse appears to be in greek. v.
Hello, Looking at the shape of the portrait, it could be Domitian. And the style is undoubtly from Alexandria. Cucumbor
using cucumbor's eagle eye and checking out wildwind's listing of alexandrine provincials, this is the closest i've come to finding a suitable match for your coin: - Milne 732 Roman Egypt. Trajan. A.D. 98-117. Æ Hemidrachm. Year 18 (A.D.116/7). Nile reclining left with reed & cornucopiae. http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/trajan/milne_732v.jpg in particular, it matches both the cornucopiae and the insription in the reverse field at 10 o'clock. you might want to do a text search for "reclin" or "cornucopiae," as there are other close matches. it may well be that trajan isn't the right emperor for your coin, but this was as close as i could get. v.
"using cucumbor's eagle eye and checking out wildwind's listing of alexandrine provincials..." Is it ANY wonder why the rest of us on CoinTalk don't talk to you guys!!!!????? Just kidding - incredible resources are here at CT!
Hello, I still think the portrait is that of Domitian. We have to know diameter and weight of this speciman to find out the denomination (tetradrachm, drachm, diobol...) LH on reverse are the numerals numbers indicating the regnal year : 8 in this case The obverse legend ends with OCCEBGERM (translation from greek letters) which fits for Domitian but not for Trajan, as, according to Emmet (Alexandrian coins) he had the title only from regnal year 1 to 6 Cucumbor
pocketchange -- c'mon! you can't always talk about lincoln cents; you've gotta mix it up a little bit. trust me, once you've attributed your first roman coin, things will never be the same for you again. it's one thing to collect 200 year-old american coins -- and i do, and i love them -- but it's another to hold a 2000 year-old coin (or 2500, if you like some of the older greeks) in your hand. cucumbor, i'll take your word for it. i don't have emmet -- is it worth the $55? also, would you be so kind as to translate the title for me? my ancient greek is rusty, ya might say. i've found a handy listing of regnal years and greek year markings online, but no listing of titles. thanks! v.
