Hello all,
I have two coins that I cannot attribute. I was hoping for some
help.
The first is an issue of
Julia Domna with Latin legends on the
obverse. The
reverse, however, appears to have Latin characters but I cannot make out what the
legend should be. The first letter may be an M or it may be a very condensed
IVL. The argument for an M is that the tops between the letters appear to be connected. On the other hand, the bottom right
leg of the M could arguably have a curved tail to the right which may indicate another letter. Either way, I'm clueless. I'm also clueless as how to post the picture within the
thread. :-/
The second issue is of
Severus. It has
standard Greek legends on the
obverse. However, on the
reverse, the
legend appears to be of PAVTALIATWN. There is no known
horse prancing right of
Severus for
Pautalia though. I do not see this in
Varbanov. Dane from
Wildwinds tends to think it could be a recoinage since there appears to be design elements peeking out from under the current design. If anyone can shed some light on this issue, that would be wonderful.
Thanks,
Nick
