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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4649776, member: 96898&quot;]Welcome to the ancients forum!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my best guesses:</p><p><br /></p><p>Top right: Lydia, Sardes – similar to this one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1148384[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Lydia, Sardes, AE14, ca. 133-14 BC. Obv: laureate head of Apollo r. Rev: ΣAΡΔI-ANΩN; club; above, monogram; all within oak wreath. BMC 10–21; SNG von Aulock 3125–3126; SNG Copenhagen 470–482.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Top middle: Kingdom of Elymais – there are many types for differend rulers. I don&#039;t have your type with the degraded bust on the reverse, but this coin from my collection might give you a chance to compare:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1148385[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Kingdom of Elymais, Orodes II, early to mid 2nd c. AD, AE Drachm. Obv: Bearded bust of Orodes facing, wearing tiara, no large hair tufts at sides; to right, pellet in crescent and anchor with two crossbars. Rev: dashes. Ref: van&#039;t Haaff 13.3.2–1B. 15 mm, 4g.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Bottom left: Late Roman bronze coin. The mint mark on yours is unfortunately mostly off flan, so we can&#039;t say where it was struck. The type was produced for Theodosius II, Arcadius, and Honorius.</font> Yours appears to be Honorius, mine is Theodosius II: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1148386[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Theodosius II, Roman Empire, AE3/4, 401–403 AD, Antioch mint. Obv: D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG; ust of Theodosius II, helmeted, pearl-diademed, cuirassed, facing front, holding spear in r. hand behind head and shield decorated with cross on l. arm. Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG; Constantinopolis, helmeted, draped, enthroned, enthroned, facing front, head r., holding long sceptre in r. hand and Victory on globe in l. hand; beneath her r. foot, prow; in exergue, ANT(Γ?). Ref: RIC X Arcadius 100.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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