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Regarding the star on the coin, it may have been significant to a particular year. The understanding of stars on Roman coinage is not fully known as far as I know, here's a link to an old text talking about them. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2005JRASC..99...87M This star on this coin may signify something like a birth or a planet from that particular year. |
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Yes awallin, and that is probably the closest I have seen. Aside from the s mark instead of what I'm assuming is an e on mine and the lack of the star it is pretty darn close. Just dont know why I cant find an exact match for it since these coins are supposedly so abundant...its really bugging me, lol
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I think yours was an S, it has the upper half of the S- the other half may have been lost along the way. Sometimes certain ancient coins have differences like yours, the lack of a perfect match shows a more scarce version I guess. However I can completely resonate with your need to find a match, let's hope the ancient experts come back in-and more arrive. I don't possess any of there expertise, I'm an apprentice lol.
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Im a little out of my realm with this one, know a bit about US currency but next to nothing about coins from 3rd century Egypt, lol. But I dont think it was an s cause you can clearly see a full c-like backing to the letter.
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03/31/2014 08:29 am
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 to the community Very interesting find especially for the location where you found it. I'm from the Dennis-Yarmouth area of Cape Cod and often thought about metal detecting there but never got around to it. The coin has been IDed so I really can't add much more to that, but it must not have been in the ground very long when you found it otherwise the environment would have corroded it away. |
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Ah I'm unsure I can see that from the photo? But the reason I was thinking S is if you look at the S on the coin in that link, on the top right you can see the same upwards flick. However I could very well be wrong on that.
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How rude of me, to Coin Community albeit belated. I didn't realise this was your first post. @echizento, what do you make of the reverse differences? |
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Thanks awallin, I also see that flick up on top of the letter but personally dont think it was an s, only because I still see the entire left side still intact. But then again what do I know. Just sent an email with a few pics to the head of the history department at Harvard, so we'll see if he has any input to add, or just dismisses it because he obviously has better crap to do, lol.
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Standard reverse of ETOVC from year 5.
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Nice find, but yes, planted, and not long before you found it. These things do not age well in most environments (except, luckily, deserts). A fun exercise in IDing, these things are. I have just one good resource for them and its not the best for referencing and searching (plus, my greek is terrible). Heres the one you have:   Its not got the reference mentioend there, but the website has its own reference of Aurelian 2446. Ill take a look at other references and let oyu knwo if I find a proper reference ID for it. |
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Ah nice work guy's, Ben where did you find the match?  What's the sand and weather like in Cape Cod? Edit:- http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ca...s=471&sold=1Scroll down and your coin is there, with the description. Apart from as Ben mentioned, the Greek  writing. Edited by awallin01
03/31/2014 11:44 am
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Nice fine sandy beaches, surrounded by Nantucket Sound, Cape Cod Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean so it's a bit salty.
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I was hoping for dry sands, but I guess the salty ocean air and sea would definitely leave a mark :(. I was hoping for ancient evidence.
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There you go, the references are on Awallins link
Dattari 5476; Milne 4422; Curtis 1770; Geissen 3082; BMC Alexandria p. 306, 2359
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