Unidentified Coin 25/30 - Nicely Off-Center | Nicopolis Ad Istrum

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january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5178 Posts	Posted 10/11/2020 7:29 pm Bought this mostly for the error, though it's a neat reverse. (Cista mystica, IIRC?) Seller said this was Caracalla. I dunno. Only Roman emperor I could recognize on a coin is Septimius Severus. 17 mm, 2.63 grams. Not really visible on the photo: the area where the die ran out is more than twice as thick as the rest of the coin. [EDIT: added ID to title. Or tried to, anyway.] Edited by january1may 10/11/2020 8:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 10/11/2020 7:58 pm Elagabalus from Nicopolis ad Istrum would be my guess. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3764665 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=886552 Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5178 Posts	Posted 10/11/2020 8:09 pm Looks like a match, at least on the reverse! Why Elagabalus and not Caracalla, though? Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 10/11/2020 8:22 pm Well, you'd have to find a Caracalla with matching reverse legend and a cista mystica opening to the right - and with a similar-looking portrait. I don't see such a coin, all though I didn't look extensively. The Elagabalus fits on all counts. Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5178 Posts	Posted 10/11/2020 8:32 pm True. I suck at portraits, so I'm not sure which emperor looks more like this coin, but the portraits on the coins you linked certainly seemed similar enough to this. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34430 Posts	Posted 10/11/2020 8:58 pm One down and 29 to go! Not a slow day on the ancient boards today. "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." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
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