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Ancient Coin (Possibly Roman?)

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 Posted 11/03/2011  04:19 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add mapman to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I need help to identify this coin, but the problem is that it is quite worn. I think it is Roman. Approximately 17-18mm in diameter.

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 Posted 11/03/2011  2:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It does appear to be ancient Roman, but the image is too dark to make out any details who it is.
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 Posted 11/03/2011  2:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ancientcoinguy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Going solely off of the bust, I would say late 1st to late 2nd centuries.
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 Posted 11/04/2011  04:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mapman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for the help guys. I have tried taking other pictures but unfortunately I still cannot make out any details.
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 Posted 11/04/2011  09:20 am  Show Profile   Check wheatiefan's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add wheatiefan to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Well maybe you can read some of the lettering around the edge?

Even if you just have to guess like : "18 letters, ? D or O ?..." it would be a start. If you can make out any greek letters like pi or omega or lambda that would also provide a lead. You can also try taking obliqued pictures from different angles to highlight the lettering.

Some collectors are good at IDing the portrait and can say "That looks like emperor so-and-so" but I am not that experienced.

So I'd say ID the lettering would be your best bet at definitive ID. Even if one of us were to suggest a match, one of the first things you'd do is check to see if the lettering matches.
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 Posted 11/05/2011  6:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add t0rress to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Its Trajan!Possible is this one
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-Ref Trajan AE Sestertius, RIC 459, Cohen 7, BMC 869

Trajan Ð- Sestertius. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right / S P Q are OPTIMO PRINCIPI S-C, Abundance standing left holding ears of corn & cornucopiae, child at feet, ALIM ITAL in ex. Cohen 7.
Or this
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-Trajan AE Sestertius. 103-111 AD. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI SC, ARAB ADQ in ex, Arabia standing facing, head left, holding with branch and bundle of cinnamon sticks; camel at foot left.
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 Posted 11/06/2011  3:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mapman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This weekend I tried checking the coin under a magnifyer & photographing under different lighting, without any effect. I could make out none of the lettering as it was worn away. I honestly thought that it would remain as unidentified.
That all changed with the post by t0rress! Thank you so much for being able to identify the bust as Trajan. I don't think it will get a definite ID between the two coin images as the figure is so worn as well.
Thank you again t0rress, you have made my weekend.
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