Roman coin

Hello, I recently bought a lot of uncleaned Roman coins from croatia and one of them now is clean enough to see that it got just one side.
The​ material is most likely silver, the diameter is around 20mm and the weight is around 2,7g.
Anyone here ever saw something like that and is someone maybe able to identify the emperor?

I'm thinking of Domitianus (denarius) but not really sure.
Portrait looks a bit like some of Domitianus coins. Also I'm not sure but I see MITA on obverse legend.

Still a cool find in a uncleaned lot, even if it's in terrible condition.

Since it comes from Croatia it's most likely from the Siscia mint (today Sisak in Croatia) which started minting coins in 259 AD so looking at coins from that period onward might be a good place to start.

Even in such rough shape it's still nice to find a silver coin in a uncleaned lot, just out of curiosity is it from the same lot you asked about in your previous topic?

Citeer: "cro321"​Since it comes from Croatia it's most likely from the Siscia mint (today Sisak in Croatia) which started minting coins in 259 AD so looking at coins from that period onward might be a good place to start.
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​Even in such rough shape it's still nice to find a silver coin in a uncleaned lot, just out of curiosity is it from the same lot you asked about in your previous topic?

​It's for sure a denarius (weight, size and laureate head) and denarii disappeared in about 250-260AD and were very rare after Caracalla's monetary reform that created the double denarius now called antoninanus.
Moreover the late denarii didn't have portraits of this kind (early imperial denarius are very different from the one from Maximinus, Gordianus III, Postumus,..). It's for sure a denarius from the 1st century AD or maybe the beginning of the 2nd.

I'm a still thinking about Domitian.

Citeer: "cro321"

​Yes its from that lot.
So if its really from the siscia mint it couldnt be Domitian. But its impossible to see mintmark because the reverse is missing. I think the type of portait is older than 259 AD, nearly all soldier emperors had an halo on their head. And then came many bearded emperors. So would it be possible that this coin somehow came from Rome to Croatia?

Citeer: "Choucas"​
​​It's for sure a denarius (weight, size and laureate head) and denarii disappeared in about 250-260AD and were very rare after Caracalla's monetary reform that created the double denarius now called antoninanus.
​Moreover the late denarii didn't have portraits of this kind (early imperial denarius are very different from the one from Maximinus, Gordianus III, Postumus,..). It's for sure a denarius from the 1st century AD or maybe the beginning of the 2nd.
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​I'm a still thinking about Domitian.

Thanks for clearing that up. My Roman history is limited to the local Croatian mint and metal detecting finds from around the area.

Citeer: "alfonz"​
​​Yes its from that lot.
​So if its really from the siscia mint it couldnt be Domitian. But its impossible to see mintmark because the reverse is missing. I think the type of portait is older than 259 AD, nearly all soldier emperors had an halo on their head. And then came many bearded emperors. So would it be possible that this coin somehow came from Rome to Croatia?

Yes, of course. The Siscia mint only came into play as a replacement for the Lugdunum mint in Gaul which had fallen into possession of the usurper Postumus. Its main mission was to supply coins to the Danube border troops. Coins before 259 AD came from other mints as Siscia wasn't operational yet. Also, even with the mint operational, coins from other mints traveled with trade routes and armies.

I just though it was from Siscia due to the fact it was part of a larger hoard and comes from Pannonia but Choucas is much more knowledgeable on the subject then I.

Anyway, nice find! Even though I guess it's monetary value isn't high in that state it's still a great part of history.
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Roman coins were also found in Japan and China... So were found republican denarii in Great-Britain. If i remember right, indo-parthian drachms were also found on a roman place in England. The discover place can be an hint but coins, as people, were travelling through regions and through time.

Yours seems to be very worn and was probably used during decades, travelling from somewhere, in many people's purse, to what is now Croatia. It's very funny and interesting to think about it !