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wwhitman Pillar of the Community United States 1415 Posts	Posted 08/10/2008 3:23 pm Not much to go on. I am not even sure the obverse in not upside down? Could be a bird atop a staff? relatively smalll 17 mm in diamter and could be made of silver - really black Image: Roman10_Obv.jpg 50.64 KB Image: Roman10_Rev.jpg 47.47 KB Report this Post to the Staff

Sir Ferrari Pillar of the Community United States 671 Posts	Posted 08/10/2008 3:44 pm The only thing I can make out on this one is the reverse--a winged caduceus. This narrows the coin down to the first or second century AD. As for who the emperor is, many of them in this period used this reverse, so there really is no way of telling. Here are two examples of a Vespasian type... Bronze http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/...ric_0563.jpg Silver http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/...C_0684.6.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16869 Posts	Posted 08/11/2008 07:11 am The obverse of this little coin doesn't seem to have an Imperial portrait, but it is copper/brass, as proved by the large "SC", which doesn't appear on silver coins. These two facts put this coin fairly early in the Imperial period, when the tiny coppers didn't normally have a portrait. I believe this coin is a quadrans from the reign of Nerva, 96-98 AD, listed in Sear as number 3066. The obverse (which is upside down in your pic) shows a modius (grain-bucket) with stalks of grain inside. This one and this other one are good examples. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
wwhitman Pillar of the Community United States 1415 Posts	Posted 08/11/2008 08:41 am Sap and Ferrari, Thanx for the information I always acquire information! Report this Post to the Staff
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