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Title: One for the doc, or others Post by: handyman [Alan} on October 26, 2012, 06:20:33 PM Hi guys n gals
diggerdave has just emailed me with this 2 piccies and wants to know who is it. any ideas? cheers Title: Re: One for the doc, or others Post by: Dale on October 26, 2012, 06:48:22 PM It looks like Gordian III to me look up his coins on Google images.
Title: Re: One for the doc, or others Post by: The Doc on October 26, 2012, 06:50:53 PM That's a bit different to the usual - it's a Severus Alexander dupondius.
Title: Re: One for the doc, or others Post by: rjm on October 26, 2012, 06:57:37 PM Very nice. :) Title: Re: One for the doc, or others Post by: handyman [Alan} on October 26, 2012, 06:58:17 PM thx Guys, any chance of a link to an image as diggerdave and i are having difficulty in finding an exact match to the reverse.
thx again Title: Re: One for the doc, or others Post by: The Doc on October 26, 2012, 07:07:22 PM Sorry, it's probably a Sestertius rather than a Dupondius - the Dupondius has a radiate bust.
The full ID: Severus Alexander, AE sestertius, 229 AD. IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate head right, draped left shoulder / LIBERALITAS AVGVSTI IIII, S-C, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopiae. RIC 575. (http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/severus_alexander/RIC_0575.jpg) Title: Re: One for the doc, or others Post by: handyman [Alan} on October 26, 2012, 07:12:58 PM aha -- thats the reverse we've been looking for ... well spotted doc, diggerdave will be well chuffed at that.
thanks again and hope to see u all soon cheers Title: Re: One for the doc, or others. Post by: diggerdave on October 26, 2012, 08:05:05 PM ;D cheers. thanks very much. diggdave
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