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<p>[QUOTE="svessien, post: 4522510, member: 15481"][ATTACH=full]1120378[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>VALERIAN</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>AD 253-260</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>AE Hexassarion. 18.8g, 27mm</b></p><p><br /></p><p>MINTED: CILICIA, Anazarbus, CY 272 (AD 253/4)</p><p>REF: SNG Levante 1518-20</p><p>OBVERSE: AVT K M ΛIK OV-AΛЄPIANOC CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p><br /></p><p>REVERSE: Six agonistic prize urns, A M K above, (Γ) ЄT BOC Γ between, ANAΞAP/BOY in exergue in two lines.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anazarbus appears to have made a grand slam during the reign of Valerian. Six prize urns!</p><p>Minotaur Ancient coins writes about this issue:</p><p><br /></p><p>«Sporting festivals and games were of great importance to the civic and religious life of the eastern Roman provinces. In cities such as Tarsus and Anazarbus in Cilicia, the prestige associated with their hosting such games was such that their coinage often featured agonistic reverses (agōn in Ancient Greece referred to a stadium or to sporting competitions). Amongst the variety of types are to be found those depicting the crown of the <i>demiourgos </i>(who organized the games), the <i>gymnasiarch</i> (who officiated), competing athletes, and agonistic urns (or prize crowns as they are sometimes called). This particular coin features six prize urns. </p><p>The legend A M K on the reverse abbreviates in Greek the declaration that the city of Anazarbus was "first", "greatest", and "most beautiful". Its rival in the region, Tarsus, also used A M K on their coins.»</p><p><br /></p><p>This must be the ancient equivalent of the modern proof Olympic Games coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="svessien, post: 4522510, member: 15481"][ATTACH=full]1120378[/ATTACH] [B]VALERIAN[/B] [B]AD 253-260[/B] [B]AE Hexassarion. 18.8g, 27mm[/B] MINTED: CILICIA, Anazarbus, CY 272 (AD 253/4) REF: SNG Levante 1518-20 OBVERSE: AVT K M ΛIK OV-AΛЄPIANOC CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. REVERSE: Six agonistic prize urns, A M K above, (Γ) ЄT BOC Γ between, ANAΞAP/BOY in exergue in two lines. Anazarbus appears to have made a grand slam during the reign of Valerian. Six prize urns! Minotaur Ancient coins writes about this issue: «Sporting festivals and games were of great importance to the civic and religious life of the eastern Roman provinces. In cities such as Tarsus and Anazarbus in Cilicia, the prestige associated with their hosting such games was such that their coinage often featured agonistic reverses (agōn in Ancient Greece referred to a stadium or to sporting competitions). Amongst the variety of types are to be found those depicting the crown of the [I]demiourgos [/I](who organized the games), the [I]gymnasiarch[/I] (who officiated), competing athletes, and agonistic urns (or prize crowns as they are sometimes called). This particular coin features six prize urns. The legend A M K on the reverse abbreviates in Greek the declaration that the city of Anazarbus was "first", "greatest", and "most beautiful". Its rival in the region, Tarsus, also used A M K on their coins.» This must be the ancient equivalent of the modern proof Olympic Games coins.[/QUOTE]
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