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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2011196, member: 57495&quot;]Here are two that I find quite unusual, but mainly when compared to each other.&nbsp; Both are from the time of Augustus, but where the first one shows 4 busts, the second one has none at all.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]362471[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>RHOEMETALCES I </b></p><p>Kings of Thrace </p><p>AE28, 13.51g</p><p>Late 1st century BC - 12 AD</p><p>RPC I 1708; Youroukova 182-4. </p><p>O: BASILEWS ROIMHTALKOU, Diademed head of Rhoemetalces and draped bust of Pythadoris, conjoined right. </p><p>R: KAISAROS SEBASTOU, Heads of Augustus, laureate, and Livia, conjoined right; to right, capricorn right playing with globe. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]362470[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>AUGUSTUS</b></p><p>AE, 5.69g, 21.5mm</p><p>MYSIA, Pergamon, 4 - 5 AD</p><p>RPC 2364; BMC 242 - 245.&nbsp; </p><p>O: SEBASTON DHMOFWN, Tetrastyle temple, with statue of Augustus standing facing within, in military dress, holding spear in right hand. </p><p>R: SILBANON PERGAMHNOI, Demos in short chiton, standing left, crowning with a wreath the Proconsul M. Plautius Silvanus who is standing, wearing toga and holding patera.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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