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Oleg B

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A coin to ID
« on: March 25, 2017, 02:37:34 am »
Hi,
Can anyone help with ID on this coin?  Diameter 22 mm.
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Offline Pekka K

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Re: A coin to ID
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2017, 03:25:35 am »

Looks much like this:

ARABIA, Rabbathmoba. Geta. AD 209-211. Æ 23mm (9.12 g, 6h). Dated CY 104 (AD 209/10). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Poseidon standing left, right foot on prow, holding trident and dolphin; P-Δ (date) across field. Rosenberger 18; Spijkerman 34; SNG ANS 1419.

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Re: A coin to ID
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2017, 03:18:54 pm »
Portrait looks like a woman's to me, more like this perhaps (Faustina II, Amastris, Bithynia):

http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5421/
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Re: A coin to ID
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2017, 08:07:18 pm »
Hi folks,

Could the obverse be Artemis or Eros?

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