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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7849888, member: 75937&quot;]<a href="https://coinsweekly.com/our-cartoon-franklins-world-496/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinsweekly.com/our-cartoon-franklins-world-496/" rel="nofollow">Today&#039;s Franklin&#039;s World cartoon</a> references Ovid.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff4d4d">edited - copyright</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Ovid was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile_of_Ovid" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile_of_Ovid" rel="nofollow">banished in 8 AD from Rome</a> to Tomis by Augustus. Ovid wrote that the cause of his exile was <i>carmen et error</i>: &quot;a poem and an error,&quot; probably the <i>Ars Amatoria</i> and a personal indiscretion or mistake.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll post some coins of Tomis in Ovid&#039;s honor! Let&#039;s see your coins from Tomis!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-tomis-nike-triassarion-jpg.1241823/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Julia Domna AD 193-217.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman provincial AE triassarion, 8.75 gm, 24.4 mm, 6 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Moesia Inferior, Tomis, AD 193-211.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: ΙΟVΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝΑ CE, bare-headed and draped bust, r.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: ΜΗΤ ΠΟΝ ΤΟΜΕΩC, Nike advancing l., holding wreath and palm, retrograde Γ (=3) to left.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: Varbanov 4857; AMNG 2811.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-and-tranquillina-tomis-homonoia-jpg.972282/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Gordian III, AD 238-244, and Tranquillina.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman provincial Æ 4-1/2 assaria, 12.51 g, 26.6 mm, 12 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Moesia Inferior, Tomis, AD 241-244.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ·CЄ // ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ / ΛЄΙΝΑ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian, right, facing diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, left.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: ΜΕΤΡΟ ΠΟΝΤΟV ΤΟΜΕΩC, Homonoia standing facing, head left, wearing polos and holding patera and cornucopiae; Δ&lt; (ligate) in left field.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: AMNG I 3545; RPC VII.2 unassigned, type <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/28109" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/28109" rel="nofollow">28109</a>; Varbanov 5693; Moushmov 2276; SNG Cop --; BMC --; Lindgren --; Sear --.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-and-tranquillina-tomis-hygeia-2-savoca-jpg.972281/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Gordian III, with Tranquillina, A.D. 238-244</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman provincial AE 4.5 assaria, 12.80 g, 28.2 mm, 7 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Moesia Inferior, Tomis, A.D. 241-244.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: AVT K M ANTΩNIOC ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC // CABINIA TPA / NKVΛΛINA, confronted laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian right and diademed, draped bust of Tranquillina left.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: MHTPOΠON-TOV TOMEΩC, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera; Δ&lt; (ligate) in lower left field.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: AMNG I (Pick) 3534; RPC VII.2 unassigned <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/28093" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/28093" rel="nofollow">28093</a>.</font></p><p><font size="3">Note: Easily confused with the more commonly encountered Moushmov 2288, AMNG 3535, which does not bear a mark of value and may have been tariffed at four assaria.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-and-tranquillina-tomis-nemesis-jpg.972283/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Gordian III, with Tranquillina, A.D. 238-244.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman provincial AE 4.5 assaria, 28.92 mm, 15.89 g, 7:00.</font></p><p><font size="3">Moesia Inferior, Tomis, A.D. 241-244.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: AVT K M ANTΩNIOC ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC // [C]ABINIA (TP)AN / KVΛΛINA, confronted laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian right and diademed, draped bust of Tranquillina left.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: MHTPO ΠONTOV TOMEΩC, Nemesis standing facing, head left, holding arshin (rod) and sling, wheel at feet; Δ - &lt; (denomination) in fields.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: AMNG I 3537; RPC VII.2 unassigned <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/28078" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/28078" rel="nofollow">28078</a>; Varbanov 5701; Moushmov 2279; Cf. SNG Cop 305.</font></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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