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Biancasdad Pillar of the Community United States 1047 Posts	Posted 02/14/2017 1:16 pm Hello friends, Sold as a "Roman Imperial" coin, but looks Greek to me. Female bust looks familiar but I am drawing a blank. 21mm, 7grams Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance. Report this Post to the Staff

Biancasdad Pillar of the Community United States 1047 Posts	Posted 02/16/2017 3:12 pm Bump....all experts please chime in at your leisure Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21792 Posts	Posted 02/16/2017 3:39 pm I agree that the fabric looks to be Greek. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/16/2017 4:31 pm May be Seleucid. Can you clean the coin a bit? I see what might be a legend on the reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
Biancasdad Pillar of the Community United States 1047 Posts	Posted 02/16/2017 8:00 pm Seller's pics made it look like it might clean up a bit. That's kind of why I bought it, but in hand, it doesn't look too promising. Nothing to lose. I will see if I can flick off some of the encrustations with my pin and pin vise and repost. Here is the original seller's pic Thanks gents Edited by Biancasdad 02/16/2017 8:01 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7067 Posts	Posted 02/17/2017 3:04 pm The dealer pic helps, I think. I'm inclined to agree with Ron on this. May be a Seleucid issue, with - maybe - an unbearded diademed male obverse? Although there's lots of encrustation on the reverse, perhaps covering some lines of text, it does look like the line at right might be the alpha-sigma-iota-lambda-epsilon of BASILEWS: I also think the reverse figure might be holding a cornucopia: So - maybe (?) - a Seleucid issue, like perhaps Antiochus XII, with standing Tyche (with cornucopia) reverse, with BASILEWS at right? For comparison, with yours at top: Cleaning will help pin it down, of course. Report this Post to the Staff
Biancasdad Pillar of the Community United States 1047 Posts	Posted 02/17/2017 4:25 pm Thank you Bob, great work as usual! Report this Post to the Staff
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