What do you suppose this is?

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  1. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Guess what's on the other side. ;)

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    lordmarcovan, Dec 19, 2018
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  3. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

    I'll bite... Faustina Jr?
     
    Justin Lee, Dec 19, 2018
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  4. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Keep the guesses coming. I'll post the other side later. There is much more detail on that side.

    Truth be told, I haven't attributed it yet, but I have a vague idea of what geographic region and historical period it's from.
     
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  5. jamesicus

    jamesicus Well-Known Member

    Brutus Eid Mar denarius reverse in EF+ condition?
     
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  6. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    Augustus w/Victory reverse?
     
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  7. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Think architectural.
     
    lordmarcovan, Dec 19, 2018
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  8. Aethelred

    Aethelred The Old Dead King

    Lead slug?
     
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  9. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

    The head of a (big) roofing nail?
     
    Justin Lee, Dec 19, 2018
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  10. Noah Finney

    Noah Finney Well-Known Member

    I don't know.....farm fields ???? most likely wrong lol.
     
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  11. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    The hand of a professional male hand model holding a piece of metal?
     
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  12. Aethelred

    Aethelred The Old Dead King

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  13. jamesicus

    jamesicus Well-Known Member

    That was unfair to josh you like that M’Lord, please forgive me. I do not wish to hijack your thread, but I have a similar coin (not quite as indistinguishable as yours) and you can get revenge on me - later, when your coin guess has run it’s course - by guessing what is on the other side of this:

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  14. ValiantKnight

    ValiantKnight Well-Known Member

    Column reverse? Of perhaps Trajan or Titus?
     
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  15. Sulla80

    Sulla80 Well-Known Member

    My first two guesses have already been taken: Octavian/Victory @ battle of Actium, and the answer that made me laugh out loud: @Justin Lee 's (big) roofing nail.

    The coin you show clearly has all of the fine details of a typical Mark Anthony Legionary Denarius - I was certain that this was legion VII until you gave the architectural clue.

    All of that said, I think you have a:
    Augustus AR Denarius, Spanish mint
    19-18 BC
    Obv: IMP CAESARI AVGVSTO, laureate head left
    Rev: Round domed tetrastyle temple of Mars Ultor set on three steps, containing triumphal currus (chariot) carrying aquila and miniature quadriga; S•P-Q•R across fields
    Obverse Very Fine; Reverse harshly cleaned
    From an important private European Collection
     
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  16. Kentucky

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    Abe Lincoln...
     
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  17. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    It's copper or bronze. My photo stinks. Anyway, let me upload the picture of the other side.
     
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  18. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Sorry, these photos look OK when seen tiny on my phone, but horrible when seen full size on a monitor.

    Anyway, you've got a temple (?) here, with some sort of person (? deity? statue?) off to the left of it. Maybe trees behind it. And some kind of symbol beneath.

    Or so it would appear from this angle.

    But is it really what it appears to be? ;)

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  19. Aethelred

    Aethelred The Old Dead King

    Some kind of seal perhaps?
     
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  20. Theodosius

    Theodosius Fine Style Seeker

    Cracker jack prize?
     
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  21. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    No, and no, unless Cracker Jacks are MUCH older than previously believed!

    C'mon, nobody recognizes that temple design? ;)
     
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