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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 7831452, member: 87809&quot;]And these are my Roman wins<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> needless to say, I love them all!</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Drachm, Septimus Severus, Cappadocia, Caesarea 206 – 207 AD</p><p>18 mm, 3.04 g</p><p>Unpublished in standard references; Sydenham, Caesarea 397 var. (different denomination, bust type); Sydenham –, Wildwinds –, ANS</p><p><br /></p><p>AMCC3 description says: Metcalf states in his “Notes on the Severan Coinage of Caesarea” about this series that the statue /Helios on top of Mt. Argaeus is usually reserved for tridrachms; a year 4 Julia Domna Drachm was sold by Savoca in 2018 (22nd Silver Auction, lot 320), but this is the only Septimius Drachm with a statue we are aware of.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>However, one can find Drachms of several emperors, e.g. Antoninus Pius among others, with a statue on top.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: AY KAI Λ CEΠT CEOYHΡOC Laureate head to right.</p><p>Rev.: MHTΡO KAICAΡI Mt. Argaeus; at summit Helios standing to left holding globus and scepter, crescent at right; ЄT IΔ (year 14 = 206) in exergue</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1345748[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This Tetradrachm was on top of my list along with an octobol, which I didn&#039;t win. Had to fight for this one<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The far-away look in Philip&#039;s eyes caught me:</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Tetradrachm, Seleucis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem, 248 – 249 AD</p><p>27.5 mm, 11.78 g</p><p>Ref.: McAlee 934, Prieur 445; BMC 518; RPC VIII online ID 28991</p><p>From the Al Kowsky collection<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: AYTOK K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind</p><p>Rev.: ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC YΠATO Δ (Δ means year 4 = 248); eagle standing right, head right, wreath in beak, tail left, wings spread; ANTIOXIA / S C below </p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1345751[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A Probus with a spread quadriga - didn&#039;t have one until now:</p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninianus, Mysia, Cyzicus (Kapu Dagh, Turkey), 2nd emission, 276 – 277 AD, 7th officina</p><p>23 mm, 3.91 g</p><p>RIC V-2 Cyzicus 911, Bust type H(H2)</p><p>Ob.: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG Radiate bust to left wearing imperial mantle, holding eagle-tipped scepter</p><p>Rev.: SOLI INVICTO Sol, head left holding whip, standing facing in spread quadriga; Mintmark CM //XXIZ (CM = Cyzicus, Z = 7th officina)</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1345755[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Provincial – Greek Imperial, Phrygia, Pseudo-autonomous issue, </p><p>Æ Diassarion, Phrygia, Cotiaeum, issued, c. 254-268 under the reign of Gallienus by Archon Diogenes son of Dionysiou</p><p>23 mm, 6.83 g</p><p>Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 317; BMC 25</p><p>From the Shea19 collection</p><p><br /></p><p>A wonderful Demos head, beautiful patina,well centered, just love it:</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: ΔHMOC KOTIAEΩN head of Demos with tainia, no beard, to right</p><p>Rev.: EΠI ΔIOΓENOYC ΔIONYCIOY; A / Ρ-X across fields, KOTIAEΩN in exergue, Zeus Aetophorus seated left, holding egle in extended r. hand and scepter in l.hand</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1345759[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Also won two groups of Romans; will have a great time researching them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once more, thank you so much [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] for all this; you did an amazing auction<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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