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Wrong guesses so far:
Carinus Gordian III Philip I Caracalla Probus Maximinus I Thrax Aurelian Ant. Pius Carus Diocletian.
This is not a hint per se, but this guy's nose looked very different in some other profiles. It was much smaller in many of them, so nose shape/size is probably not going to be much help.
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Edited by ThisIsFun 04/30/2013 3:00 pm
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Wow, that is the oddest looking Numerian I've seen. Good guess Whizb4ng.
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Thanks, like Martin said the portrait is from an Alexandrian potin tetradrachm and they really did start looking the same by the time of Diocletian's reform. Here is my portrait. I hope it isn't too easy. This coin just arrived today for me and I got a really good deal on it to boot! 
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Not easy at all. Diocletian?
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No idea, the blob?
You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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 Maximianus
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Maximianus it is! Picked this one up for $13 which is the cheapest I have found for a tetradrachm  Maximianus potin tetradrachm. Alexandria. Year 2 Obverse: A K (M) OVA MAΞIMIANOC CEB laurete head right Reverse L - B Elpis advancing left holding flower and lifting skirt Milne 4814 You are up again Martin.
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I would have never guessed this one.
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