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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 26243270, member: 87809&quot;]Don&#039;t know if this magistrate Plancius varus is related to Varus wholost the legions in the Teutoburger Forest<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>AE 25</p><p>9.44 g, 12h</p><p><br /></p><p>Phrygia, Apameia (Kibotos) 69 – 79 AD, issued by magistrate Plancius Varus</p><p><br /></p><p>RPC II, 1389; BMC (Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Phrygia, p. 95) 150-151; SNG von Aulock 3491; Waddington 5709; Weber 3471; SNG Copenhagen (Heft 29), 210; SNG München (Heft 24) 151-152; SNG Tübingen (Heft 6) 3982; Mionnet VII, 157</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse is a bit off-center, but all the legends are legible, which I definitely like<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ (counter-clock wise starting at 5) laureate head of Vespasian to r.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev.: ΕΠΙ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΦΡΥΓΙΑΣ ΑΠΑΜΕΙΣ (counter-clock wise starting at 11 - under Plancius Varus, Koinon of Phrygia, of the Apameans) bundle of five grain stalks.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1676263[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1676264[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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