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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 25644183, member: 87809&quot;]It came in a multiple lot; it is probably one of the coins in worst condition in my collection<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, but I was able to find its attribution, which I hope is right:</p><p><br /></p><p>Æ Pentassarion</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Istros, 222 – 235 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>28 x 27 mm, 14.680 g</p><p>RPC VI, 2047 (temporary number); AMNG I, 516 and Plate III, 9; Mouchmov 191, Plate IV.2; SNG Stancomb 881; SNG 243;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ Η ϹΕΒ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander to r.</p><p>Rev.: IϹΤΡΙΗΝΩ-Ν rider-god Mithras on horse-back advancing, to r., wearing mantle and his Phrygian cap; behind, raven on top of a torch; before, altar. Value mark E below horse</p><p><br /></p><p>The green patina is hard, and doesn&#039;t come off (no bronze disease - luckily)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1640568[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1640569[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;Please share your worst coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> or anything relevant <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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