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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2011186, member: 42773&quot;]This third coin is also boring, unless you specialize in Arabian provincial issues. It&#039;s minted under Julia Mamaea, also in Bostra.</p><p><br /></p><p>Someone at FORVM commented that these were cast rather than struck. I&#039;m not sure where that information comes from, but the evidence from the coins seems to corroborate it. They all have soft features. This example is actually one of the better ones. And every one I&#039;ve seen appears to have come from the same hub. Pressing a metal hub into a plaster cast would not wear it down, so you could make thousands of matching coins without having to cut a new hub.</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Provincia Arabia: Julia Mamaea, after 180 - 235 </b></p><p>AE22, 4.3g, 12h; Bostra Mint, 222-235</p><p>Obv.: IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA;Draped bust of Julia Mamaea right.</p><p>Rev.: COLONIA BO-STRA; Turreted bust of Tyche left, cornucopiae over left shoulder,</p><p>Reference: SNG ANS 6: 1231-1236</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]362469[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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