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Hey guys, amateur collector here and I haven't been able to identify this large coin in my collection. Can anyone help? It's about 28 MM , next to a Constantine the great from the 4th century. Not much to go by, but its big and I'm curious. Thanks in advance!
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#3 Unread post by mhonzell »

Howdy!

Not that it will necessarily help with this coin, but please show the other side, as well.
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#4 Unread post by mhonzell »

From what I can see, this coin can only belong to Geta (the boy Caesar). The letters I make out are 'S PONT", which is short for CAES PONT. He only had a few coins and most were silver. Since this is more likely billon, that should narrow it down pretty good.

I can also just make out the bust, which is facing right. That agrees with a Geta coin.

The thing that is wrong is that the legend is around the circumference in the counter-clockwise direction and that never occurs on an ancient coin. So, I don't know what this is.
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