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Ancient Coin Identification Help

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 Posted 08/19/2025  9:07 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Shatteredsky to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello CC, I realize this may be a shot in the dark, but I'm hoping maybe someone out there will recognize and be able to identify something on it. So.... thank you in advance. I picked this up 30 years ago at an estate sale. It was listed as a "Roman coin," dated 200 -800 AD. I think it may be older, but just based on the wear and the off-center strike.
On the obverse, the head seems smaller and rounder than other Roman portraits. I think I see an "E" at the 10 pm position and a "C" to the left of it. Sorry, I tried different angles and lighting.
On the reverse, I can see what I think is either an "A" or a "W". The reverse is completely flat.
It's bronze or copper and weighs 2.97 grams

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 Posted 08/19/2025  10:53 pm  Show Profile   Check Tanman2001's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Tanman2001 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Does appear to Roman. The provided dates seem completely arbitrary, this is likely 2nd-3rd Century AD based on style.

You'd have to preform miracles to fully ID it in this condition.
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 Posted 08/20/2025  07:49 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add travelcoin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If I had to guess ,the portrait resembles Trajan.
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 Posted 08/20/2025  12:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Shatteredsky to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Fantastic, thank you for the input. I appreciate it.
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