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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2010857, member: 56859&quot;]Uh oh.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can I interest you in collecting Late Roman Bronzes?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to Roman coins I gravitate toward provincials.&nbsp; The reverses are so varied; so many interesting stories.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of my favorites.</p><p><br /></p><p>While the reverse of this one is not unusual, the obverse and overall design was appealing.&nbsp; It seems unusual to portray the deity larger than the emperor.&nbsp; I&#039;d have thought emperors would use every tactic possible to appear powerful.&nbsp; The arrangement of busts on this coin gives more weight (and importance?) to Astarte.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_4d8ffd4c7692454fbdaae532a808a53a.jpg_srz_p_850_434_85_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Aradus </b></p><p><b>Trajan. CE 98-117</b></p><p>CY 375 (CE 116/7)</p><p>Æ22, 9.65 g</p><p>Obv: draped bust of Astarte-Europa right; before, small laureate and draped bust of Trajan</p><p>Rev: bull charging left</p><p>Reference:&nbsp; SNG Copenhagen 81; BMC 374</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The next coin is remarkable because it was issued twice.&nbsp; Initially minted sometime during Caligula&#039;s reign, it was restruck with special ring-shaped dies.&nbsp; The obverse legend remained the same but the reverse indicated a different magistrate.&nbsp; How thrifty!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_c3dbb5c29d20431385077734c5cc3c6e.jpg_srz_p_850_445_85_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>LYDIA, Sardes.</b></p><p><b>Germanicus, with Drusus</b></p><p>Struck under Caligula (reigned CE 37-41), restruck by proconsul Asinius Pollio some time later.</p><p>Æ29, 15.5 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; ΔΡΟΥΣΟΣ KAI ΓΕΡMANIKOΣ KAIΣΑΡΕΣ NEOI ΘEOI ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦOI; Togate figures of Drusus and Germanicus seated left on curule chairs, one figure holding a lituus</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; ΓΑΙΩ AΣΙΝΝΙΩ ΠΟΛΛΙΩΝI ANΘΥΠΑΤΩ KOINOΥ AΣΙΑΣ; KOINOY AΣΙΑΣ in two lines within wreath; legend around</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; RPC 2995</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, the Elagabalus/Dido building Carthage I just posted <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-building-of-carthage.254625/#post-2010825" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-building-of-carthage.254625/#post-2010825">here</a> is one of my favorites too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/berytoselagabalusdido1-jpg.362256/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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