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United States
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I'm trying to catalog this coin and I am having difficulty with a time frame for when this was struck. It is a Civic Issue from Alexander Troas, BMC 52:  OBV: COL ALEX TRO, Turreted & draped bust of city goddess or Tyche right; vexillum behind REV: COL AL [EX TRO], Horse feeding right, tree behind; beside the horse, a herdsman wearing chlamys, holding pedum in right hand, standing right 24.9mm, 5.6g For some reason, I think it may have been struck around the time of Caracalla, but I do not know this as a fact. Anyone out there with better information? Thanks for looking. |
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Ummm, is that your coin, or one of your European babies?
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United States
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i searched to no avail jw, but it is a GREAT coin. I wasn't familiar with the type at all.
i think this is a job for dougs!
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 United States
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This is one of mine, Jerry. I have yet to buy any of the coins from the metal detectorists. I have a few of their coins to ID, but this one is mine. Thanks chrsmat71 for taking a look see.
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United States
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Sorry, I have a similar coin with horse reverse and have never seen one with the person behind the horse. The ones like mine are cataloged as 3rd century. Yours?
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Thanks Doug. Maybe I'll post over on Forum and see what they can come up with. I still think this was struck during the reign of Caracalla, but to be honest I don't know why I think that.
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 Wish I had some time today to see what I could find out about this coin, sadly too busy.  Did we not have a thread recently about these coins and the fact that some had the figure and some did not. I've looked but I cant seem to find it. |
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I received this coin in today's mail and am very pleased. It is at least as nice as the seller's image. So here are my images:  Also, it would seem from some of the experts over on Forumcoins that this coin was most probably minted during the time of Gallienus or possibly Valerian I. This at least narrows it down more than I had before. I should also add that prior to buying this coin, I was not aware of the representation of the turreted head as the city walls and gates. It's never a lost day as long as you learn something new and this proves one can never be too old to learn. Edited by Bing
10/03/2012 5:37 pm
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