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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2347340, member: 42634&quot;]Here are some more coins I recently picked up out of a lot of mixed stuff.&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;ve had fun IDing these coins, they are pretty interesting if not the highest grade stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mesopotamia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/jfgjhjfjhfg_zps8tfuhqh1.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/jfgjhjfjhfg_zps8tfuhqh1.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/jfgjhjfjhfg_zps8tfuhqh1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"> Trajan Decius, 249-251 AD, Edessa, Mesopotamia.<b>&nbsp; </b></font></p><p>O: AVT G DEKIC CEB, radiate, draped bust of Trajan Decius right R: KOL EDECCA, Veiled and turreted bust of Cybele left, 19 mm, 5.0 g</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Syria</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/100_7652_zpsirzeahob.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/100_7652_zpsirzeahob.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/100_7652_zpsirzeahob.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">Diadumenian. Caesar, A.D. 217-218. Syria, Antioch. </font></p><p>O: KAI M O Δ ANTΩNINOC CEB. Bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: S • C, Δ above, e below; within laurel wreath , 20 mm, 4.0g</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Decapolis</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/100_7584_zps6r7rwkef.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/100_7584_zps6r7rwkef.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/100_7584_zps6r7rwkef.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">Gordian III (238-244 AD), Nysa-Scythopolis, Decapolis </font></p><p>Draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, seen from rear, laureate / Tyche-Nysa seated on throne right, holding infant Dionysus in her arms. Delta T across fields (Dated Pompeian Era 304, AD 240/1). 24 mm, 10.7 g</p><p><br /></p><p>I really had fun with this one,&nbsp; I thought Decapolis was a city, it&#039;s a region of 10 cities (it means &quot;10 city&quot;).&nbsp; This was minted in what is Israel today.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The dating of this coin is interesting as well.&nbsp; Across the fields of the reverse you can see the T on the right, and faintly the delta on the left (better in hand).&nbsp; This is year 304 of the Pompeian Era.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t know about this date system, if you don&#039;t either, check this out (it&#039;s very short)....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeian_era" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeian_era" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeian_era</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This last one is fairly rare, I could only find two others online.&nbsp; Neat reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/100_7593_zpsgdgdqrfg.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/100_7593_zpsgdgdqrfg.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/100_7593_zpsgdgdqrfg.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"> Caracalla, Caesar 196-198 AD, Assarion, Nicopolis ad Istrum </font></p><p>O: MAR AU KA - ANTWNI, bust right. R: NIKOPOLIT PROS ISTRON. basket of fruit. 18 mm, 2.9 g</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Post in AE provincials you like from Nicopolis ad Istrum, Decapolis, Mesopotamia, or Syria!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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