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<p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1733837, member: 44183"]<font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff">I had to look-up the meaning of <b>"Pentassarion"</b> ... I found this quote on Forvm</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff">... this is my first/only pentassarion (5 assaria)</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff">However, when I looked-back in my collection I noted that this coin is actually "8 Assaria":</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></font><span style="color: #ff0000"><b><font size="3"><font face="Arial">SYRIA</font></font></b></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><font size="3"><b><font face="Arial">, Seleucis and </font></b></font></span><font size="3"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b><font face="Arial">Pieria</font></b></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><b><font face="Arial">, Philip I </font></b></span></font></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Æ 8 Assaria</font></font></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">AD 244-249</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">Antioch</font><font face="Arial"> mint</font></span></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 30 mm</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 16.39 grams</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip I right</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right; above, ram leaping right, head left; Δ-Є and S-C across field</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Reference: McAlee 990</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Other: 6h … VF, earthen green patina, areas of light roughness</span></font></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p>[ATTACH]271536.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]271537.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1733837, member: 44183"][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]I had to look-up the meaning of [B]"Pentassarion"[/B] ... I found this quote on Forvm [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]... this is my first/only pentassarion (5 assaria) However, when I looked-back in my collection I noted that this coin is actually "8 Assaria": [/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR=#ff0000][B][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]SYRIA[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Arial], Seleucis and [/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000][B][FONT=Arial]Pieria[/FONT][/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000][B][FONT=Arial], Philip I [/FONT][/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=#ff0000][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Æ 8 Assaria[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]AD 244-249[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial]Antioch[/FONT][FONT=Arial] mint[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Diameter: 30 mm[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Weight: 16.39 grams[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Obverse: Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip I right[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Reverse: Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right; above, ram leaping right, head left; Δ-Є and S-C across field[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Reference: McAlee 990[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Other: 6h … VF, earthen green patina, areas of light roughness[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/COLOR] [ATTACH]271536.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]271537.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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