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Offline kommodore_ss

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roman ship coin?
« on: June 29, 2016, 08:38:15 am »
Hello
Can someone help me id this coin?
3,40 grams and 20 mm.
I am going to try to clean it, but maybe someone knows what it is.
Thank you
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Offline shanxi

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Re: roman ship coin?
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2016, 09:08:03 am »
A possibilty could be Coela, Thracia. Prow with cornucopia is quite common for this city.


M ANT.... legend ?? Gordian????

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=86664.0
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Offline kommodore_ss

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Re: roman ship coin?
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2016, 09:22:49 am »
There's seems to be a MANTU right above the head, any clue what emperor might be?
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Re: roman ship coin?
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2016, 01:29:01 pm »
Here it is after a bit of cleaning.
There seems to be a J and maybe an M bellow the ship.
Now I see xanxi your link, it actually looks very much like that coin :-X
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Offline Kurt E

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Re: roman ship coin?
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2016, 08:58:41 pm »
I agree with shanxi.  Colea and most likely Gordian III.

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2994805

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