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gtkwml Valued Member United States 224 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 3:46 pm I have coins soaking in distilled water all around my house, but I must admit that I also have fun buying "crusties" by the pound and using electrolysis on them. Many come out little more than slugs or ghostly images, but I enjoy trying to identify them. By the chin and nose, I'm thinking Maximinus I. Does any other emperor look anything like him? And that would be seated Salus on the reverse. Report this Post to the Staff

Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 4:17 pm Not sure an ID is possible on this one. Is it a sestertius? I'm leaning toward Commodus, personally. Report this Post to the Staff
gtkwml Valued Member United States 224 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 4:35 pm Sorry - my photography skills, though improving, still have a long way to go. The coin shows a man with a very protruding chin. Does anyone beside Maximinus Thrax have that? My coin shows a chin like these: Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 4:42 pm Reverse legend at 4-5:00 seems to end in "N" and, perhaps, omega-nu:ΩΝ. Are there seated Salus reverses ending in that? The hair on the obverse seems rather unkempt...isn't Maximinus Thrax's hair usually depicted short and tight to the cranium? Report this Post to the Staff
tenbobbit Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 701 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 5:36 pm The first picture has the look of Alexander on the Koinon/ Macedonia series mid 3rd century to my eye. I could be way off but that came to mind first. Report this Post to the Staff
gtkwml Valued Member United States 224 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 5:38 pm Hmmm. You certainly have a point there, Bob. I was so fixed on the hooked nose and protruding chin that I had ignored the hair. I can NOT find any Maximinus coins with wild hair, looking a bit like Rod Stewart's! I'll work on finishing up the cleaning, as well as getting much better photos, then I'll try posting here again. Thanks for the FYI! Report this Post to the Staff
gtkwml Valued Member United States 224 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 5:49 pm Tenbobbit, you might have hit it. The hair is right, so is the Omega N in the right place. When/where would this coin have been minted? Date range? Who, then, on obverse? Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 6:46 pm I think Damion/Bobbit has got it. Well done! For comparison: gtkwml, see: http://coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=313389 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=148340 Report this Post to the Staff
gtkwml Valued Member United States 224 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 6:49 pm You guys are awesome! Hope you don't find a newbie with zapped crusties to be too much of a pest! :-) Report this Post to the Staff
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