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Old Coin ID Help..bronze Stamped | Egypt Hadrian Hemiobol

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 Posted 01/15/2009  8:41 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Hoss to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Well here is probably my oldest coin..looks like a bronze coin from way back..maybe 2000yrs..I'm not sure but I sure would like to know. Please help if you can.

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 Posted 01/15/2009  9:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like a Roman Provinical coin of the emperor Trajan.
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The portrait appears to be bearded - so I'd guess Hadrian or Antoninus Pius as the emperor.

Given the unusual "truncated cone" shape of the planchet, I'd guess it's an Egyptian bronze coin, such as an obol, rather than the base-silver tetradrachms you normally see; if you can tell us the diameter, that will give us a better idea of the denomination.

I'm having a hard time figuring out who is supposed to be depicted on the reverse, but given the thing balanced on top of his head, I'd guess Serapis or a similar Egyptian deity.
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I should have gone with my first impression, but I saw the face as clean shaven. SAP is correct it is Hadrian and depending on the size and weight could either be an obol or dichalkon minted in Alexandria Egypt.
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 Posted 01/16/2009  3:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Hoss to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Last night my mercury card for my high speed died.Im at a friends house and wanted to let you guys know..I may not be back on here for a few days but as soon as I do I will get more details for you guys..Thanks a million for your patients and caring help..
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 Posted 01/26/2009  12:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Hoss to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
finally back on.line boy what a nightmare that was ..anyway yes the diameter is about that of a dime..do I need to be more specific?
how old would that make the coin Sap?
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Hang on while I go and dig out my American dimes, to find out how big one is...

OK, about 17mm. That would be a hemiobol; the smaller dichalkon didn't normally have an obverse legend, which this one does; I would read that legend as "AVT [kai] TRAIA ADRIA SEB" in Greek letters - emperor Hadrian.

I think I've figured out who's on the reverse, too: Demeter, holding a long torch and some ears of grain. That would make this coin the one listed in the catalogue Sear# 3821; the illegible date would be "L-IA" (Year 11), equating to 126-127 AD. Here is a similar one (though in worse condition) discussed on the FORVM forum.
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