Ancient Type Coin

chadkeath

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Hi and again thank you in advance for the help I may receive. I Have this coin that is in a bezel. I do not know anything about it. Only what it is made of. As Tested Copper, tin, zinc and platinum. I read Electrum was used in coins, could that be what the test picked up as platinum?
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Mackaydon

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Here's part of the ID:
Rev. COM BIT across field, Octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG across frieze. (Cited from: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-temple.267843/)

COM BIT stands for Commune Bithyniae. Bithynia was a kingdom and Roman province located on the north coast of Turkey (now).
Still looking for the obverse.
Don......
 

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Back-of-the-boat

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Is the coin actual of two colors? Has me suspicious.
Don.....
I think it is just lighting as the fingers are different shades also.
 

DizzyDigger

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I reprocessed your image to correct for the fluorescent lighting, but the
color of the coin still does not match.

Always best to take images like your in natural light, and it's better to hold the camera a bit further back and insure a sharper image.

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