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Rasmus B

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"laureate, looking left" ID ? likely SOLVED!
« on: September 18, 2021, 01:46:43 pm »
I have come to a dead end. If i search w the letters i seem to recognice - it looks like at least "ANTO" in the beginning, i find nothing similar. There's not much to go on, on this worn piece, but there should be enough if i'm lucky someone recognizes the emperor or the reverse.

Fingers crossed!
22,95 grams, and 34 mm across

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Re: "laureate, looking left" ID ?
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2021, 01:56:33 pm »
A Drachm of Antoninus Pius from Alexandria. Nilus reclining holding cornucopia from which emerges a Genius. The year seems to be L-I?, I can't read the third letter. But the coin in the link below seem to be the only type with head left, and L ΤΡΙϹΚΑ reverse legend.


https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13671
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Re: "laureate, looking left" ID ?
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2021, 02:30:45 pm »
That was a good suggestion! Thank you!
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Re: "laureate, looking left" ID ?
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2021, 02:57:50 pm »
May i ask you to elaborate on HOW you got on track?
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Re: "laureate, looking left" ID ? likely SOLVED!
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2021, 04:49:17 pm »
The shape of the flan is very typical for Alexandria and the portrait for Antoninus Pius. You also find the depiction of Nilus very often on Alexandrian coins.
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