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Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 01/12/2021 7:28 pm I can't quite get a handle on this one, and certainly wish I had more of the legends to work with. My best semi-educated guess is that the emperor is Elagabalus, with the personification on the reverse being Fortuna. 19.3 mm across its largest dimension, with the weight coming in at 2.6 grams. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 01/12/2021 7:35 pm I was thinking Geta. Report this Post to the Staff
jskirwin Pillar of the Community United States 616 Posts	Posted 01/12/2021 10:29 pm Yup. Geta. Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 01/12/2021 10:58 pm Well, I did a bit more research tonight, and unless I'm overlooking something, only a handful of issues of Geta have an obverse legend that begins with "IMP" and none of those seem to be candidates for a match to this coin. I do see one gold issue of Elagabalus for which the obverse legend begins with "IMP C M AVR" which would be consistent with what I'm seeing on my denarius, but that's too weak and singular a coincidence to allow me to make any sort of case here. Colligo ergo sum Edited by Lucky Cuss 01/13/2021 09:48 am Report this Post to the Staff
travelcoin Pillar of the Community United States 1120 Posts	Posted 01/13/2021 08:49 am Lucky I did the same and couldn't find a match, but I was only looking in Wildwinds. I also checked Caracalla and Geta with no luck on a match. One thing for sure, definitely a Severan. Edited by travelcoin 01/13/2021 08:50 am Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 01/13/2021 09:52 am Quote: One thing for sure, definitely a Severan. That would be my assessment also, which narrows down the possibilities considerably. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
Biancasdad Pillar of the Community United States 1045 Posts	Posted 01/13/2021 12:12 pm The damage and missing legends make this a tough one but I'm thinking it's Caracalla with JUSTITIA reverse like this: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3289299 Edited by Biancasdad 01/13/2021 12:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 01/13/2021 12:27 pm Quote: ...I'm thinking it's Caracalla with JUSTITIA reverse... That looks like the ticket! Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
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