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anyone have any idea what this might be? its about 30mm in diameter


The reverse looks like it might have an s on the left side, so it might be a Sestertius with the SC reverse

but the obverse looks like it has a hand holding something up?

I might be able to clean it to see a bit more detail
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That definitely needs some conserving effort before it can be identified (if ever).
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I think there is nothing that can be done. It appears that all the details have been tooled off in an attempt to clean the coin. I would suspect that this was a Kushan coin at one time

The Empire of the Kushans (Afghanistan, Bactria and North India Bordering China)
Soter Megas - The Great King
Vima Takto r.c. 80-90 AD
AE Tetradrachm 20.9mm (8.42g)
Obverse: Bust of Vima Takto with Royal Greek Headband and the Magic Stick (scepter) Three Pronged Tamgha behind.
Reverse: The Great King Mounted with Scepter and Corrupted Greek Legend BASILEY BASILEYWN SWTHP MEGAS- "The King of Kings- The Great Saviour."


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I couldn't find any Kushan coin that would be as big as this one with a similar looking design,
I think it is probably a Roman coin of some sort as that is what the other coin around it were..

But I couldn't find any Roman coins with the hand in the obverse like that unless there really is no hand and it just appears that way due to corrosion or bad cleaning
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This will clean up slightly if you're careful with it. Store it under oil annd in a few years something might present itself.

From what I see, it is certainly a roman sestertius (S-C across a female figure, standing left, probably holding a patera), probably Antoninus Pius to Septimius Severus.

What you see here is a metal core with fragments of the patina left on - its not fared well underground so most of it has crumbled away, leaving a mushy shadow of the design underneath. The bit you think is a hand is really a patch of remaining patina - careful cleaning should yield a flat and empty piece of the field (and really careful cleaning of the reverse will give you a bit of drapery on the central figure).
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S-C across a female figure


Now you point it out, I can see the "S" clearly, so yes it seems to be a Roman coin.
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A long soak in olive oil or distilled what should remove some of the crud. You might see enough detail to make an ID than.
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Now that it has been pointed out I see the "S" and its 30 mm, but look at the obverse...haha...its a Roman sestertius that has degraded down into a Kushan tet. I am eager to know what the coin really was originally.
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