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corcorax

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Roman provincial to identify
« on: June 07, 2014, 05:09:02 am »
Hello.

I got here a Roman Provincial Coin.
I think it's Septimius Severus, but I can't attribute the city where it was minted.
Please help.

Weight - 7.2 g
Diameter - 24 mm



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Re: Roman provincial to identify
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2014, 07:45:32 am »
Hi cor,

To me, the portrait looks more like A. Pius than S. Severus.

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Re: Roman provincial to identify
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2014, 08:03:13 am »
To the right of the forehead I think I can read C :Greek_epsilon: :Greek_Pi:, as in Sep[timius].

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Re: Roman provincial to identify
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2014, 04:31:06 am »
I have very little doubt that this is not Septimius Severus, I am curious about the city.

On reverse I see a person sitting and somethig that looks like a tree before him/her.



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Re: Roman provincial to identify
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2014, 06:15:32 am »
I think I got it.



Amphipolis.
And it's not a palm tree before the woman seated, it's altar.
And the woman is holding patera over it.

 

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