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Brazil
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I bought this coin a long time ago and since then It's bothering me that I can't identify it... Can someone help me? It's almost as thick as a sestercius, but much smaller. I bought it as being greek, but I'm not sure if that's the case.  |
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 the community Sorry but there really isn't enough detail to tell who it might be. From what I can make out on the obverse the image looks a little like Antoninus Pius but that's just a guess. |
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I tried making a blowup of the pics and brightening them:  Not much luck. With some imagination on the obverse (left) I saw a bust facing right with a small pointed chin or beard curved forward, a clear eye, and a large "Panonnian" hat. There seems to be an ear well to the back, and a well proportioned neck and shoulders below. The reverse is no better. The raised imagery appears to be a "puffy" figure with a head having large ears, puffy arms and legs which splay out from a puffy torso. The only association I could make for that is Fuzzy Wuzzy. (I think I spent too much time with my grandson yesterday.) |
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The only association I could make for that is Fuzzy Wuzzy. It could be, but the obv design elements don't line up: http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v13n18a21.html  @GMP, sorry but I agree that there isn't too much to go on with this one. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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United States
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I kind of see Hermes in his famous hat right in the left photo.
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The raised imagery appears to be a "puffy" figure Always interesting how we can read indistinct imagery differently. With a bit of imagining, I can almost see a satyr/Pan with one of the figure's arms becoming a heavy brow.  |
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Australia
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There is nothing wrong in giving up on attributing highly worn coins.
We all have a collection of such coins. I have hope that technology will one day catch up and we will be able to scan photos of our coins and software will analyse it for possible matches.
Peter
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United States
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I have hope that technology will one day catch up and we will be able to scan photos of our coins and software will analyse it for possible matches. I'm waiting for that software to work the faces of old photographs. I have boxes of unattributed photos my wife inherited. I just can't throw them out because they are her relatives. |
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Valued Member
 Brazil
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Well, I guess I will do an extensive search at wildwinds, thanks for the replies!
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Valued Member
Brazil
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There is nothing wrong in giving up on attributing highly worn coins. This is a hard thing to do... I also collect brazilian coins and there are lots of coins that are struck over older ones. Sometimes it's tough to accept that we can't identify what the base coin is... |
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Brazil
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From what I can make out on the obverse the image looks a little like Antoninus Pius but that's just a guess. Can it be roman? It's small as a denarius and thick as a sertercius, I don't know anything like that is no greek... |
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Australia
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Out of interest, where did you find the coin - in an uncleaned lot? It looks like a Roman Provincial to me, but I cannot articulate why. It looks like either Septimus Severus or Antoninus Pius to me on the obverse. More like Septimus Severus to me. Perhaps try searching the bronze coinage of those emperors on wildwinds and see if something matches the broad outline of your coin. Here's one possibility: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/...mov_2833.jpgThe stance of the figure on that coin is reasonably similar in stance and proportion.  Edited by greekandromancoins
06/08/2017 12:17 am
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Brazil
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Out of interest, where did you find the coin - in an uncleaned lot? I swapped it with a friend who bought it as an unidentified greek coin I don't think it's roman, take a look at this pic  In the left there is a sestercius, in the middle the unidentified coin and in the right is an AE of Aurelianus |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Hi,
Why cannot it not be a Roman Provincial / Greek Imperial?
They come in all sorts of sizes.
Peter
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Valued Member
Brazil
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Why cannot it not be a Roman Provincial / Greek Imperial?
They come in all sorts of sizes.
That's something I wasn't aware of, it opens new possibilities... Thanks for the tip |
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Valued Member
Brazil
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Today I decided to atempt to remove the sticky residue that this coin had. Everything went fine. I was browsing wildwinds and found some similarities with Janus bifronte coins, though I'm not so sure that this is as example. I've taken better pics:   Edited by Giovanni Miceli Puperi
09/22/2021 12:33 pm
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