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Offline Jean Paul D

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Help!!! tough one....
« on: March 04, 2008, 07:07:48 pm »
Hi all, i have a coin in really bad shape, on obvers no letters,( radiate head)
and on revers : some letters: LI??USONIENSI
17 mm,
probably an antoninianus...????

THANKS!!!!!
 ???
JP
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Offline Steve Minnoch

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Re: Help!!! tough one....
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2008, 07:41:40 pm »
Presumably Postumus, HERC DEVSONIENSI, or an imitation of.

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Offline rick fox

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Re: Help!!! tough one....
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2008, 09:26:21 pm »
From the portrait and the lettering, my first thought was one of the emperors from the Gaul "empire"
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Re: Help!!! tough one....
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2008, 02:04:50 am »
Thanks Guys!!!
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Re: Help!!! tough one....
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2008, 06:59:51 am »
Looks like an imitation of nice style.

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