Old Roman needs ID help

JCinNJ

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Well I'll take a stab at it. It looks to me a lot like one of the members of the Tetrarchy, Maximian.
 

Really hard to tell unless you are an expert. There just is not enough detail to be sure. I checked my references and came up with a couple maybes but, I am not sure. The best way to look is, there is a beard, which is not not rare but most do not have them. The bust is pointing right and the crown appears pointed. I can make out IMP, which means he was an emperor. There were lots of them though.
 

I tend to go along with the idea of being from the era of the Tetrarchy.
Diocletian, one of the four rulers, is my candidate.
Post-reform Radiate
Alexandria mint
20mm, 3.00g
OBV: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG
REV: CONCORDIA MILITVM
Emperor receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter
http://www.celatorsart.com/dio304.jpg
 

Mackaydon said:
I tend to go along with the idea of being from the era of the Tetrarchy.
Diocletian, one of the four rulers, is my candidate.
Post-reform Radiate
Alexandria mint
20mm, 3.00g
OBV: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG
REV: CONCORDIA MILITVM
Emperor receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter
http://www.celatorsart.com/dio304.jpg

Great job!

Thanks. That looks like the one.


HH

- joe
 

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