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keepcalmandcoinon Pillar of the Community United States 865 Posts	Posted 10/21/2014 4:25 pm Hello again. I recently picked up another small lot of ancients and have figured out 3 of them but these last 3 are giving me some trouble. Any help would be appreciated. #1 This one has what appears to be a head with maybe a spiked helmet with the letters SAR AUG on the outside that I can read. The other side has a large SC in the middle with what looks like MTRD on the outside of it. Report this Post to the Staff

keepcalmandcoinon Pillar of the Community United States 865 Posts	Posted 10/21/2014 4:30 pm #2 The first side I can't make out anything, it's pretty toasted. The other side has what appears to be a winged horse. #3 This one has another head with what looks like a spiked helmet with the letter DIMO or RIMO. The other side I can't make out what it is. Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 10/21/2014 4:39 pm Can we have size and weight for each coin please. Spiked helmet might be "radiate" crown, and winged horse is generally Pegasus. Report this Post to the Staff
keepcalmandcoinon Pillar of the Community United States 865 Posts	Posted 10/21/2014 4:45 pm I don't have an accurate enough scale to weigh these. All I have right now is a postal scale that weighs by 5 grams. Not much help in these small coins. I measured them across as they appear in the photos. 1: 14.25 mm 2: 17.25 mm 3: 15.6 mm Report this Post to the Staff
Valecrucis Valued Member United Kingdom 435 Posts	Posted 10/21/2014 4:48 pm My educated guesses would be that the first is a Claudius I quadrans, with a modius reverse, the second is a Roman provincial of Corinth, Pegasus reverse, possibly Tiberius and the last is an antoninianus of Claudius II, with an altar reverse (CONSECRATIO). Edited by Valecrucis 10/21/2014 4:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
keepcalmandcoinon Pillar of the Community United States 865 Posts	Posted 10/21/2014 5:42 pm Thank you Valecrucis. I think you nailed it on the claudius I and II. I'm still not sure on the pegasus coin. The obverse is so toasted it's so hard to compare. I'll call it a tiberius unless someone else comes along with more info. Thanks again. Report this Post to the Staff
Valecrucis Valued Member United Kingdom 435 Posts	Posted 10/21/2014 6:05 pm No problem. Glad to be of help. Here is a pic of a Tiberius Corinth AE with Pegasus reverse that I have in my collection. I am by no means sure of your coin, but I think I might be able to persuade myself that it has a similar bust on the obverse. However Corith produced bronzes with a Pegasus reverse at least up until Geta, I think, so with such a worn obverse, I couldn't really say. Edited by Valecrucis 10/21/2014 6:10 pm Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/21/2014 7:03 pm I agree with Valecrucis on coins 1 and 3, I don't know about coin 2 though. Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4964 Posts	Posted 10/22/2014 11:51 pm how about a gallienus Pegasus on number 2? note the position of the "S" on the reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
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