Unpublished silver

[Taranis]

Not me, but my friend found it, but I would like it if you would see.
It's a hybrid mint.
Obv: Julia Domna RIC 169 IVLIA AVGVSTA
Rev: Caracalla RIC 30 PONTIF TRP III

Congrat my friend!​

 

[OroJoeDude]

Very nice find!
Kind of hard to tell the size though in comparison to fingers.
Maybe a pic with size comparison?

 

[Taranis]

Very nice find!
Kind of hard to tell the size though in comparison to fingers.
Maybe a pic with size comparison?

Thank you!
It's uncleaned, 18mm and 3,4g
Bigger pictures.

 

[OroJoeDude]

Much better picture!
Hopefully someone with expertise on very old coins can chime in to assist with the identification of this fine specimen!
Good luck! Will be watching to see!

 

[CRUSADER]

It is Julia Domna but Dad would say like a RIC Vol IV 638 obverse circa AD196-202 probable an Eastern Mint under Septimius Severus but Hybrid with the Caracalla Rev PONTIF TRP III like RIC 30 as stated. It is not a Caracalla issue, as the Obverse is always IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG.

 

[Taranis]

Thank you Cru for you and Dad.
Curtis Clay wrote:
An ancient imitation, I think. Style clearly different, and inferior, to Rome, and different from Eastern new-style too. Plus the Eastern mint did not strike this TR P III type of Caracalla.

Rasiel Suarez:
Although I have to defer to Curtis's expertise in this area I personally wouldn't have immediately written it off as an imitative so quickly though I agree the design is not a Roman signature. The reverse would be PONTIF (or perhaps just PONT) TR P III which dates it, or at least its prototype, to circa 200 and the portraiture matches Julia's "aging curve". Taking the offcenter strike on the reverse along with the fabric, the comparatively accomplished engraving quality and apparent quality of the metal would suggest to me more shoddy eastern workmanship than a completely unofficial copy. But, again, this seems rather academic.


Ras
rasiel@dirtyoldbooks.com

I think that this coin is single on the world, there are not more known pieces.
And ornament of my collection.

 

[Taranis]

I am looking for the two original mints, with which you may prepare.