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I am afraid that there is no chin. It is covered by a beard and showing the beard would give it away, immediately.
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That should only leave Lucius Verus.
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     We have a winner!! Lucius Verus, Junior co-emperor of Marcus Aurelius, 161-169 AD. AR Denarius, struck December, 166 AD. 3.2 gm, 18 mm. Obv. - L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head right Rev. - TRP VI IMP IIII COS II, Victory placing on palm tree a shield inscribed VIC PAR RIC 566. RSC 279. BMC 431  Sorry, M.D. You were right in there, too with Lucius Aelius, another adopted son of Hadrian. As I said, All so close. Over to you, Medieval. Edited by Topcat7
12/19/2014 5:25 pm
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Not an obscure ruler. Most collectors will have one.
Prior to last week Thursday I didn't have one.  Here one which should be quite easy even though it is not the most common portrait of him:  |
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Nice coin TC, I don't have one of his.
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Not Caracalla - first clue will come after third guess (if more are needed).
Edited by Medieval
12/19/2014 6:32 pm
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It is a Roman emperor, if that answers your question.
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OK, so it's a provincial. How about Elagabalus?
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Septimius Severus?
You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Yes it is a provincial but not Elagabalus.
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Not Macrinus either.
Four little hints:
-The coin is dated with L Delta (should cut down the mints and eliminate some emperors)
-Earlier than Macrinus
-For coins with his common portrait you would (most likely) only need one guess
-As far as I remember no coin from this emperor has been shown so far (but I didn't go through the pages)
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