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Roman provincials - is there an arch reverse?


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Are there any arch reverses in Roman provincials? I have a c. 30 mm. coin, about 15-20g.  The obverse is too decrepit to tell anything, but it sure looks and feels like an arch on the reverse.  Or a temple with an arch-like entrance and two columns on each side.

I would include a picture but my photos aren't that great and it would take a skilled photographer to photograph this one.

I have a couple of Nero arch Sestertii, both Lugdunum and Perinthus.  It's not those.

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Although it probably isn't this coin, the arch is more akin to this one.  It isn't an Alexandrian Drachm.

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/122A

Another little 'bonus', this one has the beginnings of bronze disease. I've arrested bd in the past by baking them, but I don't really know what to do.  I tossed it into its own bag.

Not having a coin scale doesn't help. It could be a regional dupondius, on the heavier side.

I looked at both sides with a magnifier.  I still can't tell anything per the obverse, although i'm 80% sure it's bust left.

 

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