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 Posted 10/16/2010  06:16 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add jacobsthlm to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi. Need some help with this coin. I'm pretty sure that it says "M Avrel Antoni" on the side with the head. What is it on the other side? Is it a fish or not(I guess not but what is it)? I have had a lot of theorys but I can't solve this on my own.

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 Posted 10/16/2010  06:47 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add maridvnvm to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Knowing the size would be useful. I am guessing that it is somewhere in the 21mm size range. The size will allow identification of the denomination and if my guess is correct then it is a diassarion. It is a Roman provincial coin, which is a coin produced under the reign of a Roman emperor but in the Greek speaking Roman empire. In this case the coin comes from Stobi in Macedonia. The emperor in question is Caracalla with the obverse legend being M AVRE ANTONI. The reverse legend is MVNICIP STOBENS and what you see as a fish is the skirt of Nike advancing right with wreath and palm.

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 Posted 10/16/2010  07:13 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jacobsthlm to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes, it is 21-23 mm. 21 mm from top of head to bottom..
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 Posted 10/16/2010  07:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jacobsthlm to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm realy impressed with your knowledge. When did Caracalla reign?

I will be showing more coins as I'm not a collector in the same way as most, I just buy them because I think it's fantastic to own coins wich is that old...

Thanks again!

Jacob (in Sweden)
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 Posted 10/16/2010  08:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jacobsthlm to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Well it was easy to google that... :) AD 195-211
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 Posted 01/12/2011  5:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CanadianCoinGuy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Caracalla is good-he was a nut bar.Too bad its been zapped
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