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Andrew B5

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Identification
« on: April 19, 2010, 09:57:27 pm »
Help identify the coins.

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Offline Snegovik

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Re: Identification
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2010, 09:40:51 am »
The first coin needs some cleaning and the picture is not sharp. Could be Severus Alexander of Nicaea, Bithynia (legionary standards).
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/bithynia/nicaea/t.html
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Re: Identification
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2010, 10:42:45 am »
Quote from: Snegovik on April 20, 2010, 09:40:51 am
The first coin needs some cleaning and the picture is not sharp. Could be Severus Alexander of Nicaea, Bithynia (legionary standards).
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/bithynia/nicaea/t.html



Thank you.  Here is a photo a little better.

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Re: Identification
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2010, 02:08:07 pm »
It looks different in the new picture. Is the inscription COL CLA on the reverse? If you find plowing oxen under the crust, it is Ake Ptolemais, Nero:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=40740q00.jpg&vpar=1753&zpg=51597&fld=https://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins2/
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Re: Identification
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2010, 05:39:37 pm »
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