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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;shanxi, post: 3585448, member: 101607&quot;]Let&#039;s do the first one.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you see ?</p><p>A <b>radiate</b> bust, and somebody <b>standing</b> with purse and caduceus, the symbols of <b>Hermes</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Go to acsearch an write: hermes standing radiate</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=hermes+standing+radiate+&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=0&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=hermes+standing+radiate+&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=0&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=hermes+standing+radiate+&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;thesaurus=1&amp;order=0&amp;currency=usd&amp;company=</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You get 66 results, one of the first (No. 11 in my search) has the same letters AMK in the right field as your coin. This coin comes from Anazarbos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now you can search for Anazarbos/Hermes on acsearch, or since Anazarbos is in Asia Minor, change to &quot;Asia Minor Coins&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>There you find your coin quickly:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=3358" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=3358" rel="nofollow">http://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=3358</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s Trebonianus Gallus from Anazarbos, and an obverse die match with your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse die match eliminates all doubts, but usually you shouldn&#039;t forget to compare the legends, even if they are hardly readable as on your coin. There is e.g. a similar Gallienus from Anazarbos, and you could be easily wrong if you don&#039;t compare the obverse legends.</p><p><a href="http://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=3325" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=3325" rel="nofollow">http://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=3325</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now try the second one ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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