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Offline Aimee H

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Can anyone tell me
« on: February 18, 2024, 01:09:42 am »
I am looking to identify this coin? What is the metal it is made from? I did a acid scratch test for gold and it showed 10k.

Is this right or did I do something wrong
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Re: Can anyone tell me
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2024, 08:46:51 am »
Definitely NOT gold. It is Roman. You need to show us both sides and provide weight and diameter for a meaningful ID.
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Offline Jan P

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Re: Can anyone tell me
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2024, 08:52:48 am »
This seems to be the reverse side of your coin and so intensely cleaned, the light hides the details of it. A god(dess) or allegory with a patera between S C is visible. But you can certainly read more of the legend than we can see.
Is there a head on the obverse?  Can we see it? What is the weigth and size of your piece? You should give as much information as you can.
Till soon?
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Re: Can anyone tell me
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2024, 02:18:28 pm »
Here is other side
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Re: Can anyone tell me
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2024, 02:41:05 pm »
Since you thought it might be gold, it is probably a sestertius, which are brass. The reverse probably says CERES AVG and depicts Ceres, the Roman goddess of the agriculture and the harvest. She is flanked by S C which abbreviates Senatus Consulto, stating the coin was struck with permission from the Roman senate. The Senate did not strike gold coins. I do not recognize the emperor from your photo but someone else might. The coin has very little value in part because it was cleaned improperly.
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Re: Can anyone tell me
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2024, 02:49:04 pm »
This quite meager person on the reverse looks like on a sestertius of Trajan Decius:
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4585174
http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.tr_d.105A
Perhaps this is a possibility.

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