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ID Help - Greek, Roman?

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 Posted 12/21/2022  1:59 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Wallet to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi,
Can anyone help me with this coin.
Wieght: 4.65 gram Diameter: 17-19.5 mm
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 Posted 12/21/2022  3:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Palouche to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Pretty sure it's a Caracalla provincial..
Crescent/star reverse..Maybe from Mesopotamia, Carrhae.
At least a good place to start searching.
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 Posted 12/21/2022  5:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wallet to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@Palouche Thank you!
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 Posted 12/22/2022  7:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I wonder if this may be a variant of a Varbanov 2115 from Serdica, with CEΡΔΩN reverse. I think I may see the bottom of a delta at 1:00 of the reverse. "Variant" because of the presence of the crescent.

Here's a Caracalla AE 18 from Wildwinds:
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Here's a more visible reverse legend for comparison, from a Serdica Geta. Granted, letter spacing is different than on the OP:
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And, I'm even wondering if Wallet's coin may be from the same obverse die as the WW coin, Here's a comparison of the right obverse lettering, below. There are a couple of correspondences, including the indented curve of the upper part of the omega - like a bite has been taken out of it. The uneven length of the "feet" (and serifs) of the omega correspond too.
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 Posted 12/26/2022  04:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wallet to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@Bob L thank you!
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