This Ancient Has Me Stumped, Part Deux (Id: Likely Antonius Pius Provincial Drachm)

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ziggy9 Valued Member United States 499 Posts	Posted 02/22/2009 10:15 pm Need help with this one too! Image: unk2obv.jpg 83.79 KB Image: unk2rev.jpg 72.77 KB Thanks Richard Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/23/2009 01:25 am This is really only a guess, can't tell much from the obverse,thou from the outline my first thought was Nero but I wasn't able to fine that reverse type. Luckily the reverse still has enough detail. After some searching I found the reverse under VITELLIUS (69 AD), Jupiter seated within a temple with two columns holding scepter and thunderbolt. Edited by echizento 02/23/2009 08:30 am Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16861 Posts	Posted 02/23/2009 04:13 am It always helps, if you've got unknown ancients, if you can post a size. On the obverse, I think I can make out a nice, sharp Flavian jaw - distinctive of emperors Vespasian, Titus and Domitian. Of course, it could be a provincial issue, in which case all bets are off. 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
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/23/2009 09:13 am This image is from http://www.coinarchives.com, tried to attach the link but it didn't take. Vitellius (69 AD). Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16861 Posts	Posted 02/23/2009 10:39 am That's a denarius; this coin is bronze. I found this one on CoinArchives, a bronze provincial from Amorion, Phrygia, with a very similar design to that denarius: I couldn't find anything similar for the other Flavians. 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
ziggy9 Valued Member United States 499 Posts	Posted 02/23/2009 11:43 am this one is approx 33 mm Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/23/2009 2:35 pm Well the only way to tell is to have the coin in hand and examine it under a scope. Thou, even under those conditions I still think there will be some doubt as to who it is. Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2890 Posts	Posted 02/24/2009 07:46 am this is an Alexandrian (Egypt) drachm (a roman Provincial) - probably of Antonius Pius In this case looking at it close up won't tell you anything and there are really no details left at all - you will only be able to see traces from a distance and by "waggling" it about under the light something like this http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/...lne_1925.jpg though a different reverse My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Edited by Bacchus2 02/24/2009 07:50 am Report this Post to the Staff
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