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FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3443 Posts	Posted 02/22/2020 3:28 pm Well the way things have been going ......... It may turn out to be Gordian III ! Or Marcus Or who knows ........ Julia Domna after a rough week traveling through the East (maybe just plain old Zeus) So We seem to have a mature bearded man with a prominent mustache Stylistically I am thinking late second early third century Laureate Impressive dimensions too ! 33mm 20.54 grams Which is why I scooped it I can make out letter I at two o'clock What appears to be lettering below the bust may in fact be part of a cuirassed bust ........ not sure Reverse seems to have a seated female ( Tyche ?) Some indistinct lettering below Don't have the coin yet so I am relying on sellers pic Happiness is a large bronze Nirvana is figuring out who it is ! I mean was It better not be Severina ! Although she did often have a very nice mustache ! Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 02/22/2020 4:16 pm Maybe Herakles and Kybele (leaning elbow on drum). I'll poke around. Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3443 Posts	Posted 02/22/2020 4:31 pm No doubt It does have a Heracles look about him But ......... Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 02/22/2020 4:37 pm Still searching. I'm feeling more certain of the Kybele/Cybele reverse than Herakles for the obverse. Poking around for something of this ilk (not a match, though): https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2832158 https://cNGCoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=300536 Edited by Kamnaskires 02/22/2020 4:37 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Masis Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 946 Posts	Posted 02/22/2020 9:14 pm Not Septimius Severus perhaps? Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 02/22/2020 10:34 pm Quote: Not Septimius Severus perhaps? Quite possibly, as with the links above. I suspect the coin is from somewhere in Phrygia. Almost certainly it's a Cybele reverse. You can just barely make out the profile of the lion at her foot. I assume it's published somewhere but I don't see a match at RPC online. The reverse, at least, is similar to some of these Phrygian reverses: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/2345 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2934340 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3360415 Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3443 Posts	Posted 02/22/2020 11:52 pm My very first impression was Herakles But the dimension of 33mm made me think an emperor more likely And the portrait may be cuirassed judging by the lower edge which I had assumed to be lettering Hopefully when I get it in hand I might see a few more letters Report this Post to the Staff
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