2 roman (provincial?) coins

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Hi,

 

Just a warning, i got a lot full of ancients cheap. I need help with some of them.

Diameter is both around 20 mm.

Coin 1 around 9g, coin 2 around 4g.

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The first coin may be an As of Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar (139-161AD), from Seleucis Pieria

rev: Large S  C, eagle below, all within laurel wreath

Referee of south atlantic islands

Wow, that is amazing! Thanks! Maybe someone else knows for sure :)

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Ah, i ripped off the seller. 100 euro for 32 roman coins including this one. If it would be that, it would be wort around 150 euro. I paid 50 times less!

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Bump.

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Reminds me of the Antioch provincials. I own one of these.

 

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/antioch_or_rom_prov-1.html

Giobruno

Reminds me of the Antioch provincials. I own one of these.

 

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/antioch_or_rom_prov-1.html

Thanks so much! Ill research that option 🙂

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I read AYT KAI for the first

Maybe this?N#423530

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RegularCoiner

I read AYT KAI for the first

Maybe this?N#423530

 

Acsearch says caracalla seleucis piera

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My personal reading of the legend would be ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ. The problem is that there are several emperors known by that name: Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Caracalla, and Elagabalus. In terms of legend, I can't find an exact match on the Roman Provincial Coinage site, even using wildcards. N#423530 (coin type RPC IV.3 7007) seems about the closest you're going to get, but even that has at least a couple of additional letters between ΚΑΙ and ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ. Still, I would say that Antoninus Pius minted in Antioch is a good guess.

wacko

My personal reading of the legend would be ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ. The problem is that there are several emperors known by that name: Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Caracalla, and Elagabalus. In terms of legend, I can't find an exact match on the Roman Provincial Coinage site, even using wildcards. N#423530 (coin type RPC IV.3 7007) seems about the closest you're going to get, but even that has at least a couple of additional letters between ΚΑΙ and ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ. Still, I would say that Antoninus Pius minted in Antioch is a good guess.

Thank you so much! Ill search on acsearcha bit :)

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I've browsed Wildwinds a bit.

The first coin looks more like Caracalla than Antoninus Pius.

 

https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/caracalla/t.html

Among the Antioch provincials there's a silver with the exact obverse lettering, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ.

The bronze coins are a close match, the one listed as Butcher 455 comes closer. But none are the perfect match. But, Wildwinds lists sometimes aren't very complete.

 

 

Edit: While looking on Antioch coins, I noticed that your second coin may be Antoninus Pius indeed, the face is very similar to his. But the exact type we'll never know given that there's no lettering remaining beyond the big SC.

Giobruno

I've browsed Wildwinds a bit.

The first coin looks more like Caracalla than Antoninus Pius.

 

https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/caracalla/t.html

Among the Antioch provincials there's a silver with the exact obverse lettering, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ.

The bronze coins are a close match, the one listed as Butcher 455 comes closer. But none are the perfect match. But, Wildwinds lists sometimes aren't very complete.

 

 

Edit: While looking on Antioch coins, I noticed that your second coin may be Antoninus Pius indeed, the face is very similar to his. But the exact type we'll never know given that there's no lettering remaining beyond the big SC.

https://www.biddr.com/auctions/ancientnumismaticsauctions/browse?a=3066&l=3473009 is the first

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