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Civilwar63 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 01/31/2016 11:39 pm I can't seem to find this coin anywhere and I have been searching like crazy. Can anyone point me in the right direction or let me know a little about it. * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 02/01/2016 02:23 am Looks like a Roman provincial. Septimius Severus or Antonius Pius as a guess. I don't like the looks of it. The surface looks too clean for the amount of wear this coin supposedly has. Check the edges for a casting seam. E: I think I found your coin, Antonius Pius from Alexandria, Egypt: http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1372192 My concern still stands about the authenticity of your coin however. Edited by Finn235 02/01/2016 02:27 am Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/01/2016 2:39 pm to the community The coin does appear to be Antoninus Pius, but I agree with Finn the it doesn't look right. It looks like a cast copy. Report this Post to the Staff
Civilwar63 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 02/01/2016 11:41 pm Thanks for the insight. It was in a box of things from my great grandfather and I did not know if it was of value or not. Thanks for getting me on the right track to finding out! Report this Post to the Staff
tenbobbit Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 701 Posts	Posted 02/02/2016 11:23 am Here is my AR Tetradrachm of Antoninus Pius, Alexandria mint for comparison. Report this Post to the Staff
lrbguy Pillar of the Community United States 949 Posts	Posted 02/02/2016 5:34 pm Like you I thought it might be a copy of an Alexandrian tetradrachm for Antoninus Pius, so I checked for it in Curtis and Milne. I cannot read the left side of the obverse, but based on the right ANTWNINOC Milne lists the obverse as a type B. However neither of these authorities list this reverse in combination with this obverse. Unless you can find something in more recent authorities, I am inclined to think the OP coin is a tourist piece of modern manufacture. Report this Post to the Staff
tenbobbit Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 701 Posts	Posted 02/02/2016 7:37 pm Its listed as Milne 1705 LRBguy. I too am in the imitation camp on this one, certain parts just don't look right. Report this Post to the Staff
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