Help With Roman Bronze (?) Identification

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jack316 Valued Member United States 392 Posts	Posted 02/10/2016 5:11 pm I recently picked this up from an ebay auction. I don't normally collect ancients so my knowledge base is ZERO. This coin really caught my eye. If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd be very grateful http://www.ebay.com/itm/ancient-rom...p=true&rt=nc Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/10/2016 7:18 pm From the ebay pictures I couldn't tell much, so I enhanced them a bit. However it didn't help me much, I not sure. Hopefully someone will be able to tell who it is. Report this Post to the Staff
jack316 Valued Member United States 392 Posts	Posted 02/10/2016 7:47 pm Echizento - Thank you for helping with the pictures. I don't have photo capability so I'm usually stuck with the photos from the ebay auctions that I win. The detailed pictures you made are VERY helpful. Thank you for your time and effort on my behalf. Jack Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/10/2016 9:35 pm Mot a problem, just sorry I couldn't help with the ID. It looks like it's a Roman Provincial coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Biancasdad Pillar of the Community United States 1045 Posts	Posted 02/10/2016 10:13 pm I believe this is a Roman Provincial coin of Hadrian from the city of Chalcis in Syria Example here, there are also a couple on wildwinds Here is another one with KE for year 25 in a FAC members gallery with all of the information: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ga...?pos=-121449 Edited by Biancasdad 02/10/2016 10:25 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Biancasdad Pillar of the Community United States 1045 Posts	Posted 02/11/2016 07:19 am And another one where the bust looks much more similar to yours: http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=192230 Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 02/11/2016 09:44 am Nice pickup for $2.50! Report this Post to the Staff
jack316 Valued Member United States 392 Posts	Posted 02/11/2016 11:19 am Biancasdad - This looks much more like it. This has the beard and (I think) some of the writing matches up. On the reverse I guess those two spots on the left (that look like eyebrows) are maybe cornstalks, or part of a wreath. On my coin only two of the eyebrow-thingy-cornstalks are boldly present due to it being an off center strike. Great information. Thank you. Jack Report this Post to the Staff
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