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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4069493, member: 19463&quot;]When dealing with the Antoninus group, you will benefit from learning a few tricks.&nbsp; This takes time and practice.&nbsp; The only thing to do is &#039;experience&#039; as many coins as you can either in person (coin shows) or in photos online.&nbsp; After a while the faces will start to be familiar and might suggest a place to start looking.&nbsp; Another trick is to check lists or search for the reverse of the coin and see who used that one.&nbsp; As long as the people on this list get the idea that you are genuinely interested in learning to do this work yourself, I suspect you will find all the help you need.&nbsp; I really do suggest you post photos of the coins and tell what you have already done to ID it on your own.&nbsp; What legends can you read?&nbsp; What do you think it might be (what choices strike you as possible)?&nbsp; Your coin is a bit unusual in that it includes AVREL which even most coins of Aurelius do but rather suggests that this is a coin of his.&nbsp; He only used that legend for a short period and most of his coins do not have any part of Aurelius in the legend.&nbsp; Is yours a Concord or Providentia reverse by chance?&nbsp; When you ask a question and include info on both sides and the best image you can make, we will have an easier time helping.&nbsp; By &#039;helping&#039; I mean helping you find the answer rather than just doing the ID for you.&nbsp; The fact that you have a full reading on the legend is a good sign.&nbsp; I suggest starting with coins you can read and leaving the hard to ID ones that retain only a few letters for later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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