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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8274634, member: 26430"]Interesting! I've got a healthy number of Cilician Provincials, but I don't think I've ever had one from Augusta. (For the curious, RPC Online so far lists <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?city_id=39" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?city_id=39" rel="nofollow">59 types for Cilicia, Augusta</a> from Tiberius to Trebonianus Gallus.) It seems like a scarce mint, as <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=%22cilicia%2C+augusta%22&category=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=%22cilicia%2C+augusta%22&category=1" rel="nofollow">searching ACSearch for "Cilicia, Augusta" yields only 163 results</a> (for comparison, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=%22cilicia%2C+hierapolis%22&category=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=%22cilicia%2C+hierapolis%22&category=1" rel="nofollow">"Cilicia, Hierapolis"</a> -- as in Castabala -- gives 348 results).</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't have many "presentable" Livia's...</p><p>A so-so Tribute Penny I grabbed on impulse at Savoca a couple years ago: [ATTACH]1460919[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And one of the Tiberius - Livia-as-Pietas Dupondii. It's an odd feeling to look at the coin because it has the kind of green patina that is very easy to admire -- except that it is pocked all over and has a big chop across the face! It would make a better story if I could say that chop across her head was some kind of <i>Damnatio Memoriae</i>, but, in this case, it's easy to say that the damage was modern because it specifically affects the patina:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1460911[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>EDIT:</b> Oh, just noticed, [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] -- great Alexandrian Livia![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8274634, member: 26430"]Interesting! I've got a healthy number of Cilician Provincials, but I don't think I've ever had one from Augusta. (For the curious, RPC Online so far lists [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?city_id=39']59 types for Cilicia, Augusta[/URL] from Tiberius to Trebonianus Gallus.) It seems like a scarce mint, as [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=%22cilicia%2C+augusta%22&category=1']searching ACSearch for "Cilicia, Augusta" yields only 163 results[/URL] (for comparison, [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=%22cilicia%2C+hierapolis%22&category=1']"Cilicia, Hierapolis"[/URL] -- as in Castabala -- gives 348 results). I don't have many "presentable" Livia's... A so-so Tribute Penny I grabbed on impulse at Savoca a couple years ago: [ATTACH]1460919[/ATTACH] And one of the Tiberius - Livia-as-Pietas Dupondii. It's an odd feeling to look at the coin because it has the kind of green patina that is very easy to admire -- except that it is pocked all over and has a big chop across the face! It would make a better story if I could say that chop across her head was some kind of [I]Damnatio Memoriae[/I], but, in this case, it's easy to say that the damage was modern because it specifically affects the patina: [ATTACH=full]1460911[/ATTACH] [B]EDIT:[/B] Oh, just noticed, [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] -- great Alexandrian Livia![/QUOTE]
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