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aspeckinthesunlight New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 01/26/2011 2:18 pm Hello, I just bought a coin today in an antique store; I'm told it's Roman, and not a reproduction, but I want to be sure. I'm not a collector, so I don't know anything about these coins. And if the coin is real, I'm also wondering what exactly it is. Report this Post to the Staff

aspeckinthesunlight New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 01/26/2011 2:20 pm Like I said, I don't know anything about coins, so I haven't tried to clean it or anything yet. Report this Post to the Staff
bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 01/26/2011 2:37 pm It looks real to me, as a quick guess I would suggest Elagabalus or maybe Antoninus Pius. Sure an expert can confirm or deny this. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 01/26/2011 6:28 pm to the community. It is a real Roman Provinical coin that does appear to be Elagablaus. I like the outline effect around the bust, leave it a lone and don't try and clean the coin Report this Post to the Staff
palaniappan Valued Member India 265 Posts	Posted 01/26/2011 6:57 pm for ancient coins just check out this link, http://www.wildwinds.com/ It could be very useful, you have images and some histronics also. warm wishes. Report this Post to the Staff
aspeckinthesunlight New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 01/26/2011 7:47 pm Do you guys think this is what it is? I couldn't find it on the Wildwinds site, but the Antioch ones looked the most like mine and I found this on a different forum. And also, not to sound dimwitted, what exactly does the 'Antioch' part mean? If it is what I think, it's where the coin was made? And thank you for the help(: Edited by aspeckinthesunlight 01/26/2011 7:50 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16812 Posts	Posted 01/26/2011 8:28 pm Yes, "Antioch" means it's a Provincial coin, from the city of Antioch in what is now southern Turkey. The coinage system in the early Roman Empire was not a unified whole; gold and silver coins were struck in just a few cities and distributed out from those, while the striking of bronze coins was the responsibility of local city authorities. The large letters "SC" on Roman Imperial bronze coins stands for "senatus consulto", by order of the Senate. On the bronze coins of Antioch, however, it's the Senate of Antioch and not the Senate of Rome that's doing the ordering. 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
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