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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3813449, member: 85693&quot;]This one really has me stumped.&nbsp; I am pretty sure it is Elagabalus or Caracalla.&nbsp; Most of the obverse legend is visible and the portrait seems to fit.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse has me stumped - a nude guy striding left wearing only a chalmys?&nbsp; I am not sure what he is holding - at first I thought I lucked into a Priapus, but the anatomy seems off for that.&nbsp; Apollo with a lyre?&nbsp; Ares?&nbsp; Dionysius? </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse inscription (sorry for my lousy photos) gives a frustrating clue - to the right of the figure it reads:&nbsp; ΓƐΡΜΑΝΙ...&nbsp;&nbsp; RPC online had several hits for this legend from Germanica in Bithynia and Cappadocia, Cilicia, etc.&nbsp; But I cannot find anything that matches the nude guy. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is 18 mm and 3.57 grams.&nbsp; Sorry about the poor photo - it is overcast today (and so I blame the sun for my lousy photos).&nbsp; Any help much appreciated. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1016452[/ATTACH]&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1016453[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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