Provincial Or Dupondius, Maybe Nero?

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giano Valued Member 279 Posts	Posted 12/12/2011 05:03 am Hello everyone, I ask your help to correctly identify this coin that weighs 11.57g I looked around but I can't find one like that, the reverse has no legends, except for the initials SC, I read on the obverse IVS, the portrait seems to me nero. I think it may be a dupondius , or a provincial. On the head there seems to be leaning something narrow and long. thanks for help. http://postimage.org/image/nphcmcnvv/ http://postimage.org/image/njkk4zmh1/ Edited by giano 12/12/2011 05:04 am Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/12/2011 07:19 am I seems to me to have the peculiar style of a Spanish mint about it. Report this Post to the Staff
giano Valued Member 279 Posts	Posted 12/12/2011 07:25 am and about the emperor?I'm not sure about nero.....I think it's another emperor,,,but who?and about legends....CLAVDIUS..or..DIVUS.....it's a bit difficult for me...... Report this Post to the Staff
bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 12/12/2011 07:50 am The bust looks like Sol to me - I have no idea if his portrait was used on this type of coin though. Report this Post to the Staff
bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 12/12/2011 08:00 am Quote: The bust looks like Sol to me ..or of course Helios. I know Domitian minted these 'SC' coins with Minerva on the obverse so maybe someone else did it with Sol / Helios. Report this Post to the Staff
Bing Pillar of the Community United States 4253 Posts	Posted 12/12/2011 08:36 am The bust does look like a Nero portrait type from Alexandria (see my coin below), but I have been unable to find one with this reverse. I'm still looking. Report this Post to the Staff
dougsmit Pillar of the Community United States 1549 Posts	Posted 12/12/2011 09:23 am Cohen attributed it to Gallienus. Old Sear (I don'y have the latest one) put it in the Interregnum after Aurelian before Tacitus. The legend reads GENIVS PR. http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=125673 it is listed in both sestertius and dupondius size but I'm not sure which was intended since sestertii of that period are a bit small anyway. They are not usually any nicer than yours with complete legends a rarity. Don't sell it cheaply. Report this Post to the Staff
bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 12/12/2011 10:07 am Gallienus as Genius makes a bit of sense - its certainly not a standard bust style. I'm not sure Genius would be depicted wearing a radiate though. From what I can gather the known attributions are by no means sure, it still reminds me of the Sol depictions of the 3rd century. Nice find giano. Report this Post to the Staff
giano Valued Member 279 Posts	Posted 12/12/2011 11:58 am Thanks to all for research and answers, I've found it on wildwinds.(numbers 2 and 5) http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/gallienus/t.html Is listed as a double sestertius apparently can have a lot of weight from 20 to 13 g, is classified as very rare ...... I want to assure everyone that I do not sell anything, I keep for me,all coins I buy. The seller had not been able to catalog it, probably if he was able I wouldn't buy it at the price I paid. Perhaps I have been very lucky at this point I hope it can be genuine..... Edited by giano 12/12/2011 12:01 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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