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Help with identifying ancient coin

DorlipDorlip Posts: 4 ✭
edited June 10, 2022 11:42PM in World & Ancient Coins Forum

Hello
I got these 2 coins from my family and can't seem to find its origen. I cleaned vith of them just so I can see the engravings.
Any thoughts?
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/8cJrmXHzVKrboauQ7

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  • John ConduittJohn Conduitt Posts: 419 ✭✭✭

    Hi. I think it would help to take closer photos of each one separately, so we can read whatever legends are left.

    Also it might help to paste them directly into your post and not link to them, so people don’t have to click ob an external link.

    Thank you!

  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,096 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Coin on the left appears to be a sestertius of Philip II.
    IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG;
    LIBERALITAS AVGG III

    In my old Seaby's, 2571.

    Honors flysis Income beezis Onches nobis Inob keesis

    DPOTD
  • DorlipDorlip Posts: 4 ✭

    @JohnConduitt said:
    Hi. I think it would help to take closer photos of each one separately, so we can read whatever legends are left.

    Also it might help to paste them directly into your post and not link to them, so people don’t have to click ob an external link.

    Thank you!

    Hi :)

    I'm unable to place the photo here for some reason, only as a link... any thoughts?

    here are the pictures from closer :)

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/5iPeFuqxn5YCJSAz9
    https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZrT5nWzsGCwW7eqz9
    https://photos.app.goo.gl/EnrvWzszBFfLnwrQ6
    https://photos.app.goo.gl/sFzHSuUxJaMFEba79

  • DorlipDorlip Posts: 4 ✭

    @harasha said:
    Coin on the left appears to be a sestertius of Philip II.
    IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG;
    LIBERALITAS AVGG III

    In my old Seaby's, 2571.

    Amazing. it's indeed this one, found it :)
    Do you happen to know what is the second one?
    https://photos.app.goo.gl/EnrvWzszBFfLnwrQ6
    https://photos.app.goo.gl/sFzHSuUxJaMFEba79

  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,096 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 11, 2022 10:10AM

    The second coin is so corroded that it is difficult to tell what it is. However, the design on the reverse suggests a caduceus between a double horn or cornucopiae. That particular design can be found on ancient Judean coinage.
    Presuming that the obverse is the goddess Tyche, you could be looking at a small bronze of Herod Agrippa II.

    Honors flysis Income beezis Onches nobis Inob keesis

    DPOTD
  • John ConduittJohn Conduitt Posts: 419 ✭✭✭

    @harasha said:
    The second coin is so corroded that it is difficult to tell what it is. However, the design on the reverse suggests a caduceus between a double horn or cornucopiae. That particular design can be found on ancient Judean coinage.
    Presuming that the obverse is the goddess Tyche, you could be looking at a small bronze of Herod Agrippa II.

    This is true, although the portrait on the other side makes me think it might be Tiberius, either RIC I, Tiberius 89 or RIC I, Tiberius 90 depending on whether the reverse legend ends XXI or XXII at the bottom.

    Tiberius Bronze Dupondius, 19-21, Commagene, RIC I (second edition) Tiberius 89. Obverse: Head of Tiberius, laureate, right; TI CAESAR DIVI AVGVSTI F AVGVSTVS. Reverse: Caduceus upright between two cornucopiae crossed at the tips and two crossed branches; PONT MAXIM COS III IMP VII TR POT XXI http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).tib.89

    Or http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).tib.90

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