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Identifying Roman Coins (Part 2)

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 Posted 02/27/2011  4:32 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Coin Chaser to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Thanks for the help. I hope the scan is good enough.

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 Posted 02/27/2011  11:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ancientcoinguy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
These are going to require the experts. Try posting them in a new topic thread. People will be more likely to read a brand new post than an older one that has many posts on it. They most likely are assuming that this particular feed has been solved and do not know that you put more on it.

Just a precaution....the second one may be too far gone to attribute, but do not despair. People on here are EXCELLENT at figuring out the hard stuff.
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I've split these two new coins into a separate thread for you, Chaser. As ancientcoinguy said, you're more likely to get the attention they deserve with them in a new separate thread.

These two are not as straightforward as the ones in the previous thread. The top one looks... odd. I'd hate to condemn it from these small pics, but I'm worried that it might be a tourist fantasy. Can't quite read the legends to be sure one way or the other, or even whether it's Latin or Greek.

The second one is Roman Provincial, judging by the portrait; which province and city I can't say. Better pics might help, but I couldn't guarantee it.
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The second one does look like a provincial coin - probably from Elagabalus. It looks like the reverse of the coin needs rotated about 150 degres so the line (exergue) is horizontal. Unlikely that it can be fully identified though. It looks eastern - Antioch maybe

The first one. as Sap says, does look like a fantasy coin
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