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Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 02/10/2020 02:09 am R is Crispus Caesar. The obverse legend is D N FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES = Dominus Noster Flavius Iulius Crispus Nobilissimus Caesar = Our Lord Flavius Julius Crispus Most Noble Caesar. The mint is Nicomedia (modern Izmit in Turkey, SMN below reverse = Sacra Moneta Nicomedia). The letter S (actually Greek letter stigma) in the right field means the coin was produced in the 6th officina or workshop at Nicomedia. RIC (the standard reference for Roman Imperial coins) dates this issue between 317 and 320, Vol. VII, p. 604, #32. The reverse legend is PROVIDENTIAE CAESS meaning something like "to the providence of the [two] Caesars". Edited by Kushanshah 02/10/2020 02:46 am Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 02/10/2020 07:32 am G is from Rhesaena. See the second pic I provided earlier. H and I are possibly from Caesarea, Cappadocia, showing Mount Argaeus on their reverses. I would guess Marcus Aurelius for H, Antoninus Pius for I. For comparison: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6511465 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6512317 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2337701 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3467034 Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188770 Posts	Posted 02/10/2020 3:25 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 02/10/2020 10:13 pm I'll add D to the likely Caesarea AE's with Mount Argaeus reverses. Perhaps another Marcus Auelius: https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...usd&company= Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 02/10/2020 10:40 pm A, perhaps: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2579715 Another. Note the ΑΡΘE to the right of Tyche on this one. You can just barely make that out on the "A" coin too: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8560 Edited by Kamnaskires 02/10/2020 11:01 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Shrike2050 New Member Australia 12 Posts	Posted 02/11/2020 03:13 am Wow. Thank you, both. Seriously. This is a lot of into to take in - I appreciate it. Looking more thoroughly over your info, Bob L, I think that is is possible #2 and E are both possibly the same? The spear tip seems much more noticeable on coin E. I also noted the centaur as you pointed out, and it definitely looks like the Roman Provincial you linked to, particularly with what to me looked liked a face on the left hand side. Good find! Coin L - obviously with the "SC" Google quickly tells me it is most likely Roman (Senatus Consulto) but that not just Roman coins contained that. Coin M - the left-facing profile sort of throws me. Also not sure what the figure is on other side - someone holding a staff, rod, and wearing a helmet? Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 02/11/2020 07:40 am Quote: Coin L - obviously with the "SC" Google quickly tells me it is most likely Roman (Senatus Consulto) but that not just Roman coins contained that. It's Roman Provincial, maybe from Antioch (Seleucis & Pieria), where the reverses often had the large S and small C, and the wreath depicted as we see on yours. Examples linked below. But the obverse on coin L is possibly too far gone to pin it down further. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5999749 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2597627 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5201594 Edit: Or, given the apparent crudeness of the obverse bust, maybe a " Pseudo-autonomous" like below, from Hatra? Definitely out of my comfort zone here... https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...ot=1&order=0¤cy=usd&company= Edited by Kamnaskires 02/11/2020 07:51 am Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 02/11/2020 08:48 am Quote: Coin M - the left-facing profile sort of throws me. Also not sure what the figure is on other side - someone holding a staff, rod, and wearing a helmet? The reverse might be Mên standing, from Antioch. Similar to these reverses: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4603825 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3828181 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4682999 Report this Post to the Staff
Shrike2050 New Member Australia 12 Posts	Posted 02/12/2020 03:29 am So much data. I am loving it (again, thank you). P appears to be a Constantine I, minted in Ticinum? https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ce...Default.aspx Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 02/12/2020 08:08 am Quote: Constantine I, minted in Ticinum? Report this Post to the Staff
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