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Hi all I have a coin I wish for some one to spot coin size 2cm,s round thanks david



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Your pictures are a bit too small to be able to tell.
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Hi echizento sorry I cant get any closer its been hammered thanks david
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David - can you read the legend? I can see AVG but thats not of any use really. It looks readable and that should tell you who it is.
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your photo is reasonably close but the tweezers block out some legend and you need enlarge the images. When you use the upload set image size to 400
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Hi all thanks for response heres 2 more clearer pictures thanks david.

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Obverse looks like Carausius but the reverse .... Not sure but looks to 'neat'. With hesitation I would say Carausius.
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Probably "PAX AVG" reverse.

To help you in future attribution (and save our eyesight) of such coins, you might not be aware of the excellent Excel lists created by Dane Kurth.
This is the site:
http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm
Scroll down to the file (free to download) of "The Antoniniani Of Carausius".

So we know this is an Antoninianus of Carausius.

The legends look clear, from what we can see.
So using the list, you can first "filter out" the correct obverse legend.

Then if he is just "bust only" or has "drapery".

A slightly more harder to see element is the "cuirass", which is often a "shoulder-strap ".

Then the reverse, it looks likely to be "PAX AVG".

Then any letters in the left or right field.
We can see "S", maybe you can see another letter in the right field?

The "exergue" is the space at the very bottom of the reverse. Of the Antoniniani of Carausius have letters such as "ML" with/out an "X" (or more) or/and a "I" (or more)

Her Excel lists are still a great help to me, I learnt far more from them than from any Forum.
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Looking at this on my cell phone I would swear I can see 2 obv. Portraits rotated slightly. Makes the coin more interesting
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