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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7774986, member: 85693&quot;]Nice pick ups, [USER=80952]@ambr0zie[/USER] - sometimes mistakes really work out.&nbsp; Those Pontos issues are rather addictive - many interesting types, and reasonably abundant.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a &quot;Medusa&quot; from Pontos, as with many of them, with some good and bad aspects. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1333576[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As with [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] I really like the obverse portrait on this one, despite the ancient crud and some fissures and no Pegasus.&nbsp; The reverse has some problems - both Medusa and Perseus have lost their heads.&nbsp; However, full blood-gush from Medusa&#039;s neck and an intact hook on the harpa.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That Claudius from Antioch looks a lot like this one I just got from the same place, but issued for Augustus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1333577[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Augustus&nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 28</b></p><p><b>(c. 5-4 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Syria, Seleucis &amp; Pieria Antiochia ad Orontem </b></p><p>IMP·[AVGVST·]TR·POT laureate head right /&nbsp; Large S<b>.</b>C within circle within laurel wreath of eight leaves.</p><p>RPC 4247a; McAlee 206b; BMC 129.</p><p>(15.56 grams / 28 x 24 mm)</p><p>eBay June 2021[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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