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ttkoo Pillar of the Community Australia 2521 Posts	Posted 11/18/2023 11:59 pm I have 3 coins, all which have a 3 shape on them. Can't find it. I have used Epsilon, Omega, E and 3, no luck. There is also what appears to me to be a crayfish or lobster ( I know, right!) On the obverse I can make out ANVSPFAVG I have also loaded a pic of all 3, just to show the common reverse design. Help! The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient. Report this Post to the Staff

Biancasdad Pillar of the Community United States 1045 Posts	Posted 11/19/2023 01:04 am Maybe Justin I. Coins from this era show a wide range of styles and generally have poorly formed legends. Here is a similar coin from Wildwinds: Justin I, 518-527 AD, AE Pentanummium, Antioch, 13mm. DN IVSTINVS PP AG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Retrograde epsilon to left of Tyche of Antioch, turreted, seated left in distyle shrine, River-God swimming at her feet. SB 111, DOC 57. Edited by Biancasdad 11/19/2023 01:08 am Report this Post to the Staff
ttkoo Pillar of the Community Australia 2521 Posts	Posted 11/19/2023 02:24 am @Biancasdad Thanks, that's nailed a start for me.... a lobster....doh And the old retrograde epsilon trick. Nice work, I will learn. The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient. Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 11/19/2023 05:34 am retrograde epsilon and Tyche of Antioch, on a pentanummium of Justin I (518-527 AD). Sometimes said to be the last Roman coin type with a pagan (i.e. non-Christian) design - which it kind of is, except there's also a scarce double-portrait version minted for the brief co-reign of Justin I and Justinian I in 527 AD, and an even scarcer (and/or very hard to identify) issue for Justinian's sole reign that is probably the true last pagan type. I don't see the obverses on the other two coins, so they could theoretically not be Justin, though I suspect that if there was a double portrait you'd have pointed it out! Report this Post to the Staff
ttkoo Pillar of the Community Australia 2521 Posts	Posted 11/20/2023 02:00 am @Jan1May No, I don't think that there is a dual portrait. Here they are together. Thanks for the info though, most interesting. The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient. Report this Post to the Staff
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