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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24821098, member: 26430&quot;]Actually 26<b>77</b>5: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/26775" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/26775" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/26775</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t feel bad about mistaking Astarte for Fortuna... Lindgren &amp; Kovacs (2388) made the same error AND thought it was Tyre:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1589024[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Note: that specimen cited in the RPC entry, but w/ corrected mint &amp; description. </p><p><br /></p><p>Can&#039;t really blame Lindgren &amp; Kovacs. They were writing 40 years ago when there were very few references on Roman Provincials, so it was the first of its type &amp; most extensive reference for Greek/RPC bronzes by far.</p><p><br /></p><p>I always check how older authors referenced my coins &amp; try to trace how those attributions changed over time. Gives an interesting additional dimension to each coin&#039;s ID.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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