Here is a 24mm 6.2g Roman Provincial from Syria of Tiberius or Augustus. Ok, now I'm going out on a limb but after checking with WildWinds I think it's a possibility. What do you think. Any Takers? Thanks for looking Ben
Bone, I think you are correct about it being the Antioch mint since this was the only one that created these coins featuring the emperor's portrait and SC within a laurel wreath,but if you look at those of Augustus and Tiberius,you can see that they have inner rings around the SC, inside the wreath.RIC#528 and #4272 The next emperor was Caligula and he didn't use this design but the next in line,Claudius,did and his have a reverse identical to yours RIC#4280,with no inner ring(s) but an outer one of dots. I'm still just guessing since the inscription is gone and the portrait on yours actually looks a lot more like Augustus and Tiberius than Claudius,and it might well be a later emperor.:smile
Thank you sir,glad to help, By the way,forget about it being a later emperor,the next three being Nero,Vespasian and Titus (if you skip the one-month wonders like Otho) and these guys were all somewhat homely,to say the least,and never resembled the good looking fellow on your coin.Also,that design was dropped. It's a wonderful thing to find small bronzes of any of the first 4 emperors and in fact,I only have one and it's a commemorative coin of Augustus' (Octavian's) & Marc Antony's victory over Brutus & Cassius and it is NOT a portrait coin. Was it in one of your uncleaned lots?
