Wolf of Rome, help with the definition of

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  1. paschka

    paschka Well-Known Member

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    what kind of coin, you tell me please?
     
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  3. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    paschka, i think it's a provincial from troas alexandria...but i don't know who the ruler is.
     
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  5. Ken Dorney

    Ken Dorney Yea, I'm Cool That Way...

    It's Elagabalus.
     
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  6. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    I have one from that area (Troas) like your links....meaning the wolf reverse, but with Tyche:

    troas alex tyche and suckling wolf.JPG
     
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  8. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    Yes, I also have a Gallienus but with a 'Grazing Horse' reverse, both very typical for the type:
    troas gallienus and horse.JPG

    But yours seems to be Elagabalus as Ken noted.
     
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  9. paschka

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  10. Ken Dorney

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  11. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    I need a coin like this.
     
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  12. paschka

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    It's Caracalla: TROAS, Alexandria Troas. Caracalla, 198-217. Bronze (23mm, 6.86 g 1). ANTONINVS PIVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind. Rev. COL AVG / TROA She-wolf to left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. Bellinger A287. BMC 106. Very fine.


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